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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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