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Vase

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Designer
Guido Maria Balsamo Stella, Italian, 1882–1941
Manufacturer
S.A.L.I.R., Italian, founded 1923
Description
Of slightly everted vase form, painted with dancing black figures and colored sprays, the figures like Jazz-Age versions of ancient Egyptian or other African figures, with stylized hair and poses, set on a disc-form foot
Credit Line
Gift of Neil and Donna Weisman
ca. 1927
Accession Number
2015-48-5
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
glasswares
Decorative Arts
Vase
Medium
Blown glass, vitrerous enamel
Dimensions
H x diam.: 17 × 11 cm (6 11/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
manufactured in
Italy
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_2015-48-5
Metadata Usage (text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq40f65fb43-2c9b-4826-baa3-d5d277df44bd

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