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sculpture

Object NameAnimal Sculpture

Maker Leningrad Art Glass Factory (1940-1997)

Maker Boris Aleksandrovich Smirnov (Soviet, 1903-1987)

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1970-about 1980

Place MadeU.S.S.R.

Techniqueflame-worked

SizeH: 11.5 cm, L: 21.9 cm

Accession Number91.3.28

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; flame-worked. Hollow creature with small spherical head, hollow vertical horns/ears, applied eyes, open necked snout, applied and crimped whiskers, bulbous body enclosing what appears to be hollow rooster with flapping crimped wings and comb, body connected to four short hollow legs with pinced feet, large full hollow down-turned tail with point tip; unsigned.
Provenance

Source Nikita Borisovich Smirnov - 1991-03-04