Drinking Bowl Liquid Skin
Drinking Bowl Liquid Skin
Designer
Barbara Ambrosz
(Austrian, b. 1972)
Manufacturer
Glasatelier Steinschönau Peter Rath Ges. m. b. H.
(Austrian)
Date2001
DimensionsH: 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm); W: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); L: 5 1/2 in. (13.9 cm).
MediumLead-free crystal; mold-blown, cut and polished rim
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Jutta-Annette Page
Object number
2012.14
Not on View
DescriptionColorless, mold-blown hemispherical vessel with ovoid shape. Cut and polished rim. Small ovoid flat base. In original box. The shape is intended to fit into the palms of the hands, while the curved indentations on either side serve as thumb rests.
Comparative ReferencesSee also 2000- Presentation of "Liquid Skin" drinking glass, Corning Museum of Glass, New York See also 2000- Presentation of "Liquid Skin" drinking glass, J. & L. Lobmeyr, Vienna See also 2001- 1st prize for "Liquid Skin" at the International Glass Fair Tendence See also Beyerle, Tulga and Karin Hirschberger. A Century of Austrian Design: 1900-2005. Basel, Switzerland: Birkhäuser, 2006. p 99. See also Hudson, Jennifer. 1000 New Designs and Where to Find Them: A 21st Century Sourcebook. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2006. p 181.
First century BCE
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, about 2400 BCE.
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
probably second century BCE
Perhaps 2nd century
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