Peach Cup
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
DESIGNER
Peter Shire, American, born 1947
MEDIUM
Earthenware
DATES
ca. 1980
DIMENSIONS
8 13/16 x 5 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. (22.4 x 14.6 x 8.3 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
no marks
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
1992.92.10
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mark Isaacson
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Whimsical cup, ceramic with polychrome glaze. Bowl roughly hemispherical with a somewhat elongated end (resembles half a peach). Interior pink, rim yellow, exterior decorated with shades of purple, pink and green. Slotted over one end of rim is a thin mauve rectangle with three green folded oval (leaf-like) projections. Fitted over rim at opposite end is a small-bisected somewhat pointed gray orb. Stem is in the form of two stacked '2' with three horizontal rectangles (top, middle, bottom) connected by two rectangles at a 45-degree angle. At center of each angle is a triangle with a hole at its center. Stem is mauve, triangles alternating shades of yellow and green. Attached to center of stem is a white right triangle with geometric cutouts. Slotted on to base are four upright circular feet.
CONDITION: Excellent.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Peter Shire (American, born 1947). Peach Cup, ca. 1980. Earthenware, 8 13/16 x 5 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. (22.4 x 14.6 x 8.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mark Isaacson, 1992.92.10. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1992.92.10_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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