Posted 9 years ago
R.ost
(2 items)
Hi All!
Hoping someone here may be able to help identify this vase(?). It was purchased at a thrift store....
The piece is just shy of 18" and extremely heavy.
The opening is 1.5" measuring from one side to the other- the diameter as a whole is just shy of 2" and the total circumference is 7"
The base circumference, at its largest point, measures 20" around. There is a bevel or lip the beads cover-up, suggesting something was there originally. Looks black to deep purple when no light is passing through, though the base is clear. Top/ lip looks to be the victim of craft project gone wrong. I was told the glass looks cut, not mold blown and is Studio Glass. The other response I received is that the cut is battuto and perhaps modern Chinese or Indian.
I would love to know more about this item and would greatly appreciate any info, help or time given to the matter! I never come across something that's been this difficult to identify.
Thanks!
Rachel
Hi Rachel. Interesting vase.
The pontil cleanup has been a bit rough which makes me think possibly recent Chinese although there seems to be a lot of wear on the base so it may be a few years old.
The outside of the vase is a style the Italians call battuto, where the glass after blowing has been ground in small adjoining sections of slightly varying depth to give the glass a hammered look. The battuto here is well done - quite small and regular.
That lovely grape colour looks wrong to me for a Chinese piece, and the battuto work too good for Indian. The only thing really that strikes me as recent Asian production is the strange beaded collar. Is it hot worked to the glass, stuck or ?
I'm thinking s studio piece for now.
Whatever, whoever, it's a nice piece!
Thank you so much @racer4four!
I believe the beaded collar was put on using a hot glue gun. I am quite certain the beads are not what occupied that space originally as the job is beyond messy and the beads look fairly old.
I will further research Studio, thank you!
Rachel