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

Egyptian Onion Flower Form Vase

Manufacturer Louis Comfort Tiffany (American,1848-1933)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1900

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 6 in. (15.2 cm)

InscribedSigned on bottom: "L.C.T. M2050" and a paper seal on the wafer pontil.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6310

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-6, Case 40

DescriptionFlower form bulbous onion-like vase. Five vertical green "leaves" from top of bulb up stem which has a central bulge. Five irregular flutes at flower top. "Flower" is cased gold iridescent.

Label TextTiffany Studios EGYPTIAN ONION FLOWER-FORM VASE, ca. Early 20th Century Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6310 (CASE 80)Exhibition History"The Arts in Europe around 1900," Musee d'Orsay, March 14 - June 26, 2000. Published ReferencesPaul E. Doros, _The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_ (Norfolk: Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, 1978) 39, #44. Philippe Thiébaut. "À la Recherche de Forces Vives," _Connaissance des Arts: 1900 le tournant du siècle_. No. 147. Paris: Société Française de Promotion Artistique. 2000: Exhibition catalog, ill. p. 40. Philippe Thiébaut, et al. 1900. _Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris_. Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux. 2000. Color ill., p. 304.