Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Vase in the Chinese Taste

Manufacturer Tiffany Furnaces (American, 1902 - 1920)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1915

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)

InscribedEtched around wafer pontil: "1575 J L.C. Tiffany-Favrile".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6244

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 5

DescriptionBulbous bud vase with a long bulb and a 3" neck with a flaring rim. Tomato red semi-opaque glass. Chinese type.

Label TextTiffany Furnaces Corona, New York Vase in the Chinese Taste, ca. 1915 Blown glass Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6244 Approved By: ERLPublished ReferencesChrysler Museum TIFFANY CATALOGUE, #91. Martin Eidelberg and Nancy A. McClelland, _Behind the Scenes of Tiffany Glassmaking_ (New York: St. Martin's Press in association with Christie's Fine Arts Auctioneers,2001), x, 216.