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"Foglie Smeraldi" Vase

Designed by: Yoichi Ohira (Japanese, active in Italy, 1946–2022)
Italian (Venice)
2002
Object Place: Venice, Italy

Medium/Technique Glass; hand-blown canes with murrine and powder inserts, partial battuto, incised underneath
Dimensions Overall: 24.1 x 19.7 cm (9 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Teru Takahashi
Accession Number2003.277
ClassificationsInscriptions

InscriptionsIncised on the underneath:
Yoichi Ohira / Mo. L. Serena / Mo. G. Barbini / Wednesday 11 - 9 - 2002 / Murano / Ohira's signature in Japanese script
ProvenanceMarch 2003, acquired from the artist by Barry Friedman, Ltd., New York, NY; gift of Barry Friedman Ltd., to the MFA. (Accession date: June, 25 2003)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.