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Tiffany Studios New York Decorated Favrile Glass Vase

$17,500

This decorated Favrile glass vase, from Tiffany Studios New York, was a work of Louis Comfort Tiffany. The glass vase, with it's earthy green background and red clay-colored decoration, has a subdued feel, despite the intricacy and excitement of its decorative motifs. Red and white feathering swirls interplay with each other dynamically, accenting the undulating form of the vase itself.

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Item #: T-18533
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Country: United States
Circa: 1901
Dimensions: 9.5" height, 4.5" diameter
Materials: Favrile glass
Signed: “L.C.T. o7371”
Provenance: Important Tiffany & Glass from the Minna Rosenblatt Gallery; Christie's, New York, 10 December, 2003 
Literature: Similar vase featured in exhibition catalogue Louis C. Tiffany: Meisterwerke des Amerikanischen Jugendstil, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 1999, p. 159

Louis Comfort Tiffany was greatly enamored with, and admired ardently, the basket weaving of Western Native American tribes. He sought to incorporate the fluid geometry and earth tones into many of his glass creations, including pieces such as this.
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