Sonja Blomdahl Large Handblown Glass Sphere / Vessel / Vase Incalmo, Signed & Numbered Paintings an NEA fellowship

an NEA fellowship

NYC and Philadelphia

The body of the vase decorated with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl and having a corresponding band of dark oxide decoration to the base

The plinth base also finely inlaid with parquetry masks

The barometer housed in the original sharkskin case

Sonja Blomdahl Large Handblown Glass Sphere / Vessel / Vase Incalmo, Signed & Numbered Paintings an NEA fellowshipSOLD A large hand blown glass vessel by the celebrated Pacific Northwest glass artist, Sonja Blomdahl (b. 1952), signed & numbered, 1980's. The sphere having an orange base with a band of clear glass to the center, the top also in orange glass & having an aperture to the center. The vessel having a ground pontil mark and marked with an etched signature "Sonja" and numbered "bP 2287". This is an example of the largest of glass sphere vessels blown by