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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => New Zealand & Australia Glass => Topic started by: jal on December 08, 2008, 03:54:39 PM
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Hi, I have recently purchased a small "squat" vase, black coloured, with silver foil, & cased in thick clear glass. There are also areas of cloudy grey colours, on the black background. On the underside is inscribed, what looks like " kaliju" and "636/90". Nice looking little thing, [better than photo]. The seller told me it was purchased in Sydney, Australia in 1991 or 1992. Any help in identification please, as I've found nothing on Google or Yahoo.
Many thanks, John.
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Can we have a picture of the bottom please.
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Picture of base, as requested. There is a snapped off pontil, and quite scratched on base. John.
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Hello again, I have just found "Marc Kalifa" from Queensland, on google, so think he may be my man.
Regards, John.
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Hi John,
Best way to work it out would be to email him and ask whether it's his. Could you let us know how you go?
Cheers.
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Sounds and looks likely. here (http://kirraglassgalleries.com/kirra/RetailGallery/Glass/MarcKalifaStudioWorks/tabid/110/Default.aspx) is some of his work and a link to his profile
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I was not able to get Marc Kalija's e-mail address, but mailed "Art on Cairncross", a gallery that displays his work. Got a nice reply from Jane Caraffi, [a partner of the gallery], who thinks it is a piece of Marcs work from 1990, and may have been a small oil lamp originally. He still makes these in a larger size, but different colours.
His work has not been numbered since 1996.
Regards, John.
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Definitely Mark Kalifa signature - quite a good one actually. I agree it was almost certainly an oil lamp - hence the broad base so it is very hard to knock over.
Ross