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Object NameBeetle

Maker Vittorio Costantini (Italian, b. 1944)

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1985-1989

TechniqueFlameworked

SizeOverall H: 5 cm, W: 3.5 cm, D: 1.8 cm

Accession Number91.3.20 A

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

The Magic of the Lamp: Flameworked Objects from the Permanent Collection

Place Made

Italy, Venice

Physical DescriptionOpaque black, opaque reddish-brown non-lead glass; flameworked, possibly sandblasted or acid-etched. Lifelike and life-sized insect with three pairs of articulated legs with short pulled points, one pair of legs on front half of double-lobed body, second and third pairs extending towards rear from second lobe; small flattened head with two applied reddish-brown eyes near neck, very short pair of antennae with ball tips extending at right angles from front of head, longer pair of antennae with fanned ends emerge at angle from neck; upper body surface has overall matte mottling, back lobe decorated with impressed rows of narrow parallel lines extending length of lobe, underside of large lobe has broad rows of impressed lines running horizontally across body; impressed on underside of forward section of body: "VC".
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