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Michael Eden
Innovo Vase2016

Not on view
Jet-black lacquered or metal urn in classical krater form with serpent handles, fully pierced openwork body depicting figures and foliage, on a stepped square base
Black glass vase with ovoid body on a stepped square pedestal, densely covered in low-relief foliate and figural patterns; two coiled serpent handles rise above the rim, flanking a molded face at the neck.
Black laser-cut metal krater-form vase on a stepped pedestal, with reticulated body depicting figural and foliate scenes, and two serpentine dragon handles arching above the rim.
Ceramic vase with glossy black glaze, ovoid body on a stepped pedestal base, with densely molded foliate relief decoration covering the surface and two coiled serpent handles arching above the rim.
Artist or Maker
Michael Eden
England, Blackburn, born 1955, active Cumbria
Title
Innovo Vase
Date Made
2016
Medium
Coated nylon
Dimensions
19 3/4 × 16 × 11 1/2 in. (50.17 × 40.64 × 29.21 cm) Base: 5/8 × 5 1/8 × 5 1/8 in. (1.59 × 13.02 × 13.02 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Viveca Paulin-Ferrell and Will Ferrell, Alice and Nahum Lainer, Shannon and Peter Loughrey, and Heidi Wettenhall and Said Saffari through the 2016 Decorative Arts and Design Acquisitions Committee (DA²)
Accession Number
M.2016.205
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Mills, Rosie Chambers. "Piranesi, the Stowe Vase and the Silver Buckingham Vases." The Burlington Magazine 162, no.1407 (June 2020): 502-511.

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Interpreting the Stowe Vase across Two Millennia
Interpreting the Stowe Vase across Two Millennia
  • August 23, 2016
  • Dr. Rosie Chambers Mills
New Decorative Arts and Design Acquisitions
New Decorative Arts and Design Acquisitions
  • July 13, 2016
  • Wendy Kaplan, Rosie Chambers Mills, Staci Steinberger, Bobbye Tigerman
Artist Interview: Michael Eden on Making the Innovo Vase
Artist Interview: Michael Eden on Making the Innovo Vase
  • June 20, 2016
  • Dr. Rosie Chambers Mills