Pomegranate Persian Pear
Artist
Dale Chihuly
(born 1941 Tacoma, Washington; lives Seattle, Washington)
Date2015
Mediumglass
Dimensionsassembled: 8 × 13 1/2 × 12 in. (20.3 × 34.3 × 30.5 cm)
bowl: 8 × 10 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (20.3 × 26.7 × 24.1 cm)
stem: 3 1/2 × 4 × 9 1/2 in. (8.9 × 10.2 × 24.1 cm)
bowl: 8 × 10 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (20.3 × 26.7 × 24.1 cm)
stem: 3 1/2 × 4 × 9 1/2 in. (8.9 × 10.2 × 24.1 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Margaret and Richard Cronin
Object numberPC2022.9.3.A-B
DescriptionA hand-blown glass sculpture of a shell-shaped dish and separate, fruitlike form resembling a pomegranate-pear hybrid, with a long, serpentine stem that flares at one end. Both pieces are colored red, orange, and brown, with concentric white lines undulating across their surfaces as well as a thin purple line marking their extremities. The fruit is intended to rest in the bowl shape.On View
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