Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2017.

Images(3)

Goblet with Figures

Artist Gunnar Cyrén (Swedish, 1931 - 2013)

Artist Orrefors Glasbruk (Swedish, founded 1898)

Date1978

MediumBlown glass in the graal technique

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

ClassificationsGlass

Credit LineGift of Alan and Barbara Boroff

Object number2016.30.18

On View

On view

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.