Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2017.

Images(3)

Goblet with Figures

Artist Gunnar Cyrén (Swedish, 1931 - 2013)

Artist Orrefors Glasbruk (Swedish, founded 1898)

CultureSwedish

Date1978

MediumBlown glass in the graal technique

Dimensions11 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (29.2 × 14 cm)

Signed"Orrefors Graal B1150-78 Gunnar Cyren " engraved with a diamond stylus on underside; "80.83.1" in red marker on underside

Credit LineGift of Alan and Barbara Boroff

Object number2016.30.18

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 119, Case 70

DescriptionThis goblet has a large bowl composed of a blue layer of glass encased by a transparent layer of glass; the design has been engraved or etched to depict a continuous frieze of stylized women, animals, and plants. On one side, there is a pair of nude women, one holding a basket laden with bread and fruit. On another side, a nude woman rides a horse. Another side shows a leopard next to a tree with a bird flying overhead. The scene is framed at the top with leaves and other vegetal forms; at the base of the scene a long snake stretches around the circumference of the bowl. The stem and foot are made of colorless and light violet-hued glass, unornamented except for a large knop near the base of the bowl.
ProvenancePurchased from Habatat Galleries, Inc. in Pontiac, Michigan in 2001 by Alan and Barbara Boroff. In their private collection until donated to the Chrysler Museum of Art in 2016.