Afra Bianchin Scarpa
"Hokusai" Necklace

"Hokusai" Necklace
"Hokusai" Necklace
"Hokusai" Necklace
DesignerItalian, born 1935
CultureItalian
Titles
  • "Hokusai" Necklace
Datedesigned 2003, made 2007
Made inMilan, Italy
MediumSterling silver
Dimensions15 3/4 diameter × 3/8 in. (40 × 1 cm)
Credit LineMargo Grant Walsh Twentieth Century Silver and Metalwork Collection, gift of Margo Grant Walsh
Object number2014.55
Not on view

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Provenance[San Lorenzo Studio, Milan, 2007]; purchased by Margo Grant Walsh; given to MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History“Designed by Architects: Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 15–August 3, 2008; Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, September 12, 2008–January 25, 2009.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Maker's marks: (?), "925" (encircled), Profile of Face, "G" (encircled), "ats" (encircled), "San Lorenzo"

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