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Object NameVase
Maker Anthony A. Corradetti Jr. (b. 1955)
Made FromGlass, Enamel, Gold Lustre
Date1983
Place MadeUnited States
TechniqueFree-blown, painted enameling
SizeH: 23.9 cm, D: 24.7 cm
Accession Number86.4.12
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Form in Fiber and Glass
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent colorless non-lead glass with white green, black, orange/pink, gold ; free-blown with painted enameling. Waisted vertical barrel shape; from lipless constricted opening the vessel turns down sharply as it swells to a point and then tapers inward to waisted mid-section of body then again swells slightly outward until turning under abruptly and tapering sharply to form footless base; entire outer surface (including base) has been covered with an overall pattern of loosely painted enamel abstraction of white almond-shaped "flower buds" and "stems" of green overlaid with black decorated with short slashes of orange/pink and intermittent shorter strokes of gold lustre; roughly ground pontil; signed on base: "Corradetti '83".
Provenance
Source Meredith Gallery Contemporary Art - 1986-03-07
Object copyright© Anthony A. Corradetti, Jr.
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