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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Contemporary Glass, Room 129, The Märit Rausing Gallery

Cristallo Sommerso N.48 - Scolpito

Vase
2008 (made)
Artist/Maker
Yoichi Ohira (artist)
Place of origin
Murano (made)

Vase of colourless glass, of articulated form with exceptionally thick walls.


Object details

Category
Glass
Object type
Vase
TitleCristallo Sommerso N.48 - Scolpito (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Glass, hand blown, cut and polished
Glass
Brief description
Vase, heavy, thick-walled form, colourless blown glass, 'Cristallo Sommerso N.48 - Scolpito', Yoichi Ohira, Murano, 2008.
Physical description
Vase of colourless glass, of articulated form with exceptionally thick walls.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25cm
  • Width: 13.5cm
  • Depth: 12cm
Gallery label
Yoichi Ohira (born 1946) Cristallo Sommerso N.48 – Scolpito 2008 This is one of a series of compact and organically shaped vases by Yoichi Ohira, which are created from conjoined volumes of blown glass. Within the elegant form is a tension between the shape of the air-bubble and the mass of crystal glass encasing it. Italy (Murano) Hand-blown, cut and polished Museum no. C.3-2010. Purchased with the support of Moët-Hennessy as winner of the Pavilion of Art & Design London Prize(1/4/2015)
Credit line
Purchased with the support of Moët-Hennessy as winner of the Pavilion of Art & Design London Prize
Object history
Shown by Barry Friedman Ltd. at the Pavilion of Art & Design London, 2009. Donated to the Victoria and Albert Museum by Moët-Hennessy as winner of the Pavilion of Art & Design London prize.
Production
Made with the assistance of Maestro Andrea Zilio and Maestro Giacomo Barbini.
Bibliographic references
  • Venice. 3 Visions in Glass: Cristiano Bianchin, Yoichi Ohira, Laura de Santillana. New York: Barry Friedman Ltd. / Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2009.
  • The Corning Museum of Glass, 2009-10, 'New Glass Review 32', p. 118.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.3-2010

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Record createdFebruary 1, 2011
Record URL
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