Vase, 1903
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933)
American
Tiffany Furnaces (1902–1928)
Favrile glass, H. 8 5/8 in. (22 cm)
Inscribed: (on underside) Louis C. Tiffany R2415
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, 1951 (51.121.28)

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The fluidity of the composition on this vase belies its weighty mass. Green leaves and pink berries are captured within many layers of clear, colorless glass. The vase's ethereal glow derives from being exposed to fumes of metallic oxide that produced the golden iridescence on the interior.


 


 
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