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Octopus Vase

Manufacturer Johann Lötz Witwe (Austrian, 1836-1947)

Dateabout 1887-1889

Dimensionsoverall: 25 1/2 in. (64.8 cm)

MediumGlass; mold-blown, encased, tooled, gilded.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

2006.173B

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DescriptionBlown of opalescent glass overlaid in reddish-brown, the body is decorated with optic-blown arabesque-shaped air bubbles embedded and blown-out in colorless glass, the whole gilt with small, spiraling ornamentation and acanthus leaves, above an applied foot and detachable finial and cover.

Published ReferencesRevue des arts décoratifs 10 (1889-90), p.175 H. Ricke, J. Mergl, D. Panenková and W. Hennig, Lötz Böhmisches Glas 1880-1940, Band I, Werkmonographie, p.59, pl.32. J. Mergl, E. Ploil, and H. Ricke, Loetz Bohemian Glass 1880-1940, (2003), pp.46-47, fig. Busch, Jason T. and Catherine L. Futter, Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs, 1851-1939, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, 2012, cat.76, pp. 90, 265, repr. (col.) p. 89.Exhibition HistoryParis Exposition Universelle 1889.

Kansas City, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art; Pittsburgh (PA), Carnegie Museum of Art, Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at World’s Fairs 1851-1939, April 7, 2012-February 24, 2013 (Pittsburgh Venue only).