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"Tel el-Amarna" vase
"Byztantine" vase
"Tel el-Amarna" vase
About 1905–15
Object Place: Corona, New York
Medium/Technique
Favrile glass
Dimensions
Overall: 18.4 x 9.8 cm (7 1/4 x 3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. G. Elliott Robinson and their son Clayton S. Robinson in memory of Emily E. Sylvester (1863-1955) and Maria W. Sylvester (1876-1957)
Accession Number1995.66
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsGlass
DescriptionIridescent glass (favrile); sienna vase cased to opal, hourglass shape widening at rounded shoulder with iridescent gold donut-shaped neck, sage green and sienna Kin Tut zigzag around neck
Marks
On base: "8405 L.C. Tiffany Favrile"
Paper label with Tiffany registered trademark
Paper label with Tiffany registered trademark
ProvenancePurchased at Tiffany's in New York by Misses Emily E. Sylvester (1863-1955) and Maria W. Sylvester (1876-1957) (exact date of purchase unknown); inherited by Mrs. G. Elliott Robinson from her aunts (Misses Emily E. and Maria W. Sylvester); 1995, given to the MFA by Mrs. G. Elliot Robinson [May 24, 1995]