Tazza
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Glass
DATES
1996
DIMENSIONS
9 1/4 x 6 x 5 1/4 in. (23.5 x 15.2 x 13.3 cm)
MARKINGS
Etched on rim of base: "RAM 96"
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
2001.131.4
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Lisa M. Price
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Tall glass vessel with inverted bell shaped colorless cup with wide, folded rim. Multi-colored twisted stem spirals to base. Climbing the stem is a monkey with brown and multicolored striped and mottled body. Its tail curls outward, and it wears a red and blue spiral-striped stovepipe hat. Holds a red and blue spiral-striped cane in right hand, while grasping the stem with its left. Stem raised on colorless domed base.
CONDITION: Some very small nicks on top rim.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
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