Celadon/Scarlet
Celadon/Scarlet
Artist
Sonja Blomdahl
(American, b. 1952)
Date2004
DimensionsH: 6.5 in. (16.5 cm); Diam: 11.5 in. (29.2 cm)
MediumNon-lead glass; blown, two bubbles joined hot (incalmo technique), ground, and polished
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Devra Breslow
Object number
2009.361
Not on View
DescriptionTranslucent celadon, transparent orange, colorless non-lead glasses.
Slightly flattened sphere; upper third consists of a section of transparent orange topped with a narrow, lipless opening; narrow colorless band joins top section to lower section consisting of greenish-yellow (celadon)glass; base is ground flat and polished, ground pontil.
4th century CE
about 1600
1st century CE
Probably 1920-1930
Probably second quarter of the 1st century
Mid-1st century
Second half of the 1st century CE
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