vase
- Museum number
- 2014,8024.187
- Description
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Vase, purple glass, turn mould-blown cylindrical body, with very wide lip, down-tooled to flare it in an outward, sloping direction.
- Production date
- 1958 (designed)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 8 centimetres (base)
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Diameter: 21 centimetres (rim)
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Height: 10 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This vase was known as SH 136, or 'Hattu'. It was produced in a range of sizes, between 10 and 14 cm. References to this model can be found in the following publication:
O. Untracht, 'Saara Hopea-Untracht, Life and Work', Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Helsinki, 1988, pp. 88-89.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2014
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased by the donor from Christie's South Kensington, on 12 November 1997, lot 200.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 2014,8024.187
