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"Foglie Smeraldi" Vase
Designed by: Yoichi Ohira (Japanese (active in Italy), born in 1946)
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
CollectionsEurope, Asia, Contemporary Art
ClassificationsInscriptions
InscriptionsIncised on the underneath:
Yoichi Ohira / Mo. L. Serena / Mo. G. Barbini / Wednesday 11 - 9 - 2002 / Murano / Ohira's signature in Japanese script
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.