Beetle with long antenna
Artist: Vittorio Costantini (Italian, born 1944)
Date: 1989-1990
Dimensions:
H: 4 in.
Medium: Multi-colored non-lead glass; flameworked.
Place of Origin: Venice
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Philip and Nancy L. Williams in memory of Page Hazlegrove
Object number: 2013.24
DescriptionOpaque black, reddish brown non-lead glasses, green iridescent metal foil; flameworked with metallic inclusions. Life-size insect; small black head, reddish-brown applied eyes, pair of long thin antennae extend out and curve back past length of body; short black ovoid front half, sharply waisted to narrow elongated rear section tapering to a point, top has metallic inclusion, a central crease and shallow parallel ridges; three pairs of articulated black legs, one pair on front lobe extending forward, two pair on rear lobe, extending back.
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