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Designer Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848-1933)
DateProbably 1912
DimensionsH 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.); D base 4.65 cm (1 27/32 in.)
MediumBody: transparent amber glass with deep red surface finish (stain?); neck: translucent white glass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of W. W. Knight, Jr.; Milton Knight; Edward F. Knight; Samuel B. Knight; and Mrs. Harris McIntosh
Object number
1969.266
On View
Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 3
DescriptionBlown and finished by tooling. Applied tooled neck. Green glass band applied at junction of neck and body and on rim. Neck decorated with applied yellow-green and green glass tooled in a stylized leaf pattern. Outer edge of base stone-ground. Applied concave, semipolished, button pontil.
Label TextFascinated by ancient glass excavated at Tel-el-Amarna in Egypt, Tiffany initiated a series of vessels named for the site. Called Akhetaten in ancient times, Amarna was the city that the Pharaoh Akhenaten established as the new capital of Egypt during his reign. This vase from Tiffany’s Tel El Amarna series features a classical shape in deep oxblood red with an applied zigzag pattern in green around the neck. The pattern is meant to evoke the combed threading common on ancient Egyptian glass vessels (see Gallery 5).Published ReferencesWittmann, "Treasures," repr. p. 120.

Wilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 625, no. 1014, colorpl. 1014, p. 580.

Exhibition HistoryExhibition: Louis Comfort Tiffany: Artist for the Ages Venues: (organizer - Exhibitions International, New York, NY) Seattle Art Museum, WA, September 12, 2005 - January 4, 2006; Toledo Museum of Art, OH, February 2 - April 31, 2006; Dallas Museum of Art, TX, May 30 - September 3, 2006; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, October 6, 2006 - January 9, 2007 Overall dates: September 12, 2005 - January 9, 2007
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