Vase
Artist
Aristide-Michel Colotte
CultureFrench
Date1885-1959
MediumBlown glass
DimensionsOverall: 17 3/8 in. (44.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Base: 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Overall, Rim: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Base: 6 in. (15.2 cm)
InscribedMarked below one square in thick etching: "COLOTTE".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number86.282
Not on view
DescriptionVase of blown glass. Heavy and thick. Colorless "dougnut" foot. Extended urn shape. Plain flaring rim. Up two-thirds of vase are three acid-cut and etched geometric squares. One square cut through vessel leaving a hole.Published ReferencesHilschenz-Mlynek, GLAS, pp. 62-63. Arwas, GLASS: ART NOUVEAU TO ART DECO, 1987, pp. 62-63. GLAS VON JUGENDSTIL HIS HEUTE, Sambung Gertrud und Dr. Karl Funke-Kaiser Koln, 1981, pg. 7. Y. Brunhammer, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, cat. VERRIERS FRANCAIS CONTEMPORAINS, pg. 37.
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