sculpture

Object NameImitation Fruit

Made FromNon-lead Glass, Metal

Dateabout 1960-1980

Techniquemolded, pincered, trailed

SizeOverall L: 16.2 cm, W: 5.3 cm, D: 6.1 cm

Accession Number88.6.40

Credit LineGift from Estate of Zachary Taylor

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

China

Physical DescriptionTranslucent light green and amethyst non-lead glasses, metal, thread; molded, pincered, trailed. Two long, cucumber-like fruit, with trailed ribs and applied bumps, with pincered, three-lobed, flower ends; attached by thread-covered wires to a stem, with five pincered, molded, veined, striated green-and-amethyst leaves, one with a gold-and-red oval sticker, printed "MADE / IN CHINA", with a stylized flower in the center.
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