Votive Bowl

Object NameBowl

Artist Brian A. Hirst (Australian, b. 1956)

Studio Canberra School of Art

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Date1987

Place MadeAustralia

TechniqueBlown and sand-cast, ground, polished

SizeOverall H: 26.4 cm, Diam (max): 32.4 cm

Accession Number90.6.6

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Title Unknown (Canberra School of Art, CSA Gallery)

President's Choice

On ViewBen W. Heineman Sr. Family Gallery of Contemporary Glass.

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown and sand-cast in a sand mold, ground, polished, burnished and kiln-fired gold, engraved. Large bowl, with three solid cast legs; exterior walls covered with gold luster; rim decorated with narrow band engraved with alternating line and dot pattern; below, a wide smooth band is divided into seven wide panels with inscribed linear designs of: stylized Oriental calligraphy, graveyard, tri-pod bowl, three irregular horizontal shapes, profile and overhead views of reclining "Cycladic" figure, landscape over seven phases of the moon; three vertical vessels similar to 90.6.7; bowl exterior below band has mottled molded surface with bits of embedded sand and textured with random extending bumps of varying heights; inscribed at lower edge of gold band under far right vertical vessel image: "B. Hirst '87"; rounded base of bowl connects to three ungilded lobe-shaped solid tapered cast legs also with textured surface; interior bowl covered with burnished luster appearing slightly iridized black; ground feet, rough pontil.
Provenance

Source Brian A. Hirst (Australian, b. 1956) - 1990-02-13