Sirio Vase
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Glass
DATES
1982
ACCESSION NUMBER
1998.186
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Whimsical vase on inverted conical, opaque glass base, sloping upwards to a yellow flattened knop/disc, under a large transparent light blue knop surrounding a yellow stem, surmounted by a yellow flattened knop/disc. Short dark red neck and tall conical, upward flaring elongated cup. Two opposed irregular matte orange handles are visibly joined, opposite, to middle of dark red cup and to uppermost yellow flattened knop/disc with colorless glass. Good condition.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Ettore Sottsass Jr. (Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007). Sirio Vase, 1982. Glass, 13 3/4 x 7 in. (34.9 x 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler, 1998.186. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1998.186.jpg)
IMAGE
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