Tiffany Studios New York Monumental Favrile Glass Vase
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$36,000
This monumental pale turquoise vase by Tiffany Studios, New York depicts the amber flowers and silver-lustre leaves of the arrowhead plant, a species native to Europe and widely associated with French Art Nouveau. The flowers are rendered in the millefiori glass technique, in which a design composition is created by bundling colored glass canes and drawing them out into a long rod. The rod is then cut at right angles—likely by striking it with specialized tools—to produce small inlay tiles.
Item #: T-22361
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Country: United States
Circa: 1903
Dimensions: 13.5" height, 10" diameter.
Materials: Favrile Glass
Signed: 865 N Louis C. Tiffany Favrille
Literature: Martin Eidelberg, Tiffany Favrile Glass and the Quest of Beauty, New York: Lillian Nassau LLC, 2007. p. 37
Item #: T-22361
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Country: United States
Circa: 1903
Dimensions: 13.5" height, 10" diameter.
Materials: Favrile Glass
Signed: 865 N Louis C. Tiffany Favrille
Literature: Martin Eidelberg, Tiffany Favrile Glass and the Quest of Beauty, New York: Lillian Nassau LLC, 2007. p. 37
The arrowhead, or the Sagittaires d'eau, was named after the water arrow of the centaur Sagittarius, archery mentor of the hero Achilles. Its distinct geometric leaf shape made it both aesthetically pleasing in its order and religiously significant with its three petals of the trinity.
The arrowhead, or the Sagittaires d'eau, was named after the water arrow of the centaur Sagittarius, archery mentor of the hero Achilles. Its distinct geometric leaf shape made it both aesthetically pleasing in its order and religiously significant with its three petals of the trinity.
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