Accession Number
2020/2.66

Title
Blue Aurene Glass Intarsia Vase

Artist(s)
Steuben Glass,

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
circa 1915

Medium & Support
glass

Dimensions
10 x 5 x 5 in. (25.4 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Charles and Rita Gelman

Physical Description
Vase in a baluster form with a lightly tapered standing neck, a slightly flared base and sloped shoulder. The base glass is cobalt blue trailed in a silver iridescent leaf and vine pattern. The neck has an intarsia pattern similar to that found on ancient Mediterranean glass with a white and cobalt blue zigzag pattern on a gold aurene ground. 

Primary Object Classification
Decorative Arts

Primary Object Type
vase

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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