vase

Object NameEngraved

Object NameInciso Vase

Maker Thomas Stearns (American, 1936-2006)

Manufacturer Venini Glassworks

Made FromGlass

Date1961

TechniqueBlown, tooled, cut, ground, polished

SizeOverall H: 11.4 cm, Diam: 11.4 cm

Accession NumberL.173.3.2000

Credit LineLent by The Steinberg Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Thomas Stearns at Venini

Place Made

Italy, Venice, Murano

Physical DescriptionInciso Vase. Colorless selenium-red, opaque orange-red glass; multiple gathers of different colors of glass, blown, tooled, cut, ground and polished. Small, barrel shape vase with translucent red on top and opaque orange-red on bottom. Decoration on upper portion of wall composed of closely spaced, irregular vertical cut lines.

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about 300-50 BCE

1600-1699

probably 1850-1900

perhaps 1-99

200-399