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Sirio Vase

Creator Name

Ettore Sottsass Jr.;
Toso Vetri d'Arte

Cultural Context

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Date

1982

About the Work

Brooklyn Museum Object Description
Whimsical vase on inverted conical, opaque glass base, sloping upwards to a yellow flattened knop/disc, under a large transparent light blue knop surrounding a yellow stem, surmounted by a yellow flattened knop/disc. Short dark red neck and tall conical, upward flaring elongated cup. Two opposed irregular matte orange handles are visibly joined, opposite, to middle of dark red cup and to uppermost yellow flattened knop/disc with colorless glass. Good condition.

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Title

Sirio Vase

Creator

Ettore Sottsass Jr., Italian, Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007, Designer;
Toso Vetri d'Arte, 1981–1990, Maker

Worktype

Vessel

Cultural Context

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Material

Glass

Dimensions

13 3/4 x 7 in. (34.9 x 17.8 cm)

Technique

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Language

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Date

1982

Provenance

Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler, Dec 31, 1998

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Rights

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Creative Commons-BY

Inscription

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Location

Murano, Italy

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