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Object NameFlameworked Stages of a Cat
Maker Jan Patricny
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1950-1980
Place MadeCzechoslovakia, Zelezny Brod
Techniqueflameworked, blown
SizeOverall (a) H: 3.2 cm, L: 24.1 cm, W: 2.3 cm, (b) H: 4.5 cm, L: 24.9 cm, W: 2.5 cm, (c) H: 6.5 cm, L: 22.7 cm, D: 2.7 cm, (d) H: 9.9 cm, L: 9.9 cm, W: 3.7 cm
Accession Number2007.3.13
Credit LineGift of Jan Patricny (grandson of the artist)
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent light blue glass; flameworked, blown. Four stages of the creation of a cat; three incomplete cats progressing to the fourth finished cat with arched back and long tail arched over the back.
Provenance
Source Jan Patricny - 2009-08-27
Shah-nama
Dana Zámečníková
1980
model
Steuben Glass, Inc.
about 1975-1985
paperweight
René Lalique
designed in 1929
The Cat
Isamu Noguchi
1939
goblet
D. H. de Castro
1856