tazza
Object NameTazza
Made FromSoda-Lime Glass, Enamel, Gilding
Date1500-1550
Place MadeItaly, Venice
TechniqueBlown, mold-blown, enameled, gilded, applied
SizeOverall H: 7.2 cm; Rim Diam (max): 26.4 cm; Foot Diam (max): 12.1 cm
Accession Number51.3.117
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
El Greco to Velazquez: Art During the Reign of Philip III
The Yearning for Venetian Glass: Beauty that Traversed Oceans and Time
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionTazza. Colorless soda-lime glass; blown, mold-blown, enameled, gilded, applied. Wide, shallow circular bowl with wide, slightly rolled over and down turned rim with infolded edge; applied broad, short, straight sided pedestal foot with narrow infolded rim and pontil mark on base. Second gather applied to inner two-thirds of bowl and decorated with 12 mold-blown and gilded ribs swirling to left from large center with jeweled double quatrefoil having pointed lobes and inner semicircles formed by pearl-like white dots; within spaces so formed, red, green, and blue dots; on underside of flaring rim, jeweled and gilded scale band with alternating series of henna, blue and white, and turquoise dots at center of each of four scales on diagonal.Provenance
Source
Blumka Gallery
- 1951-01-19
Former Collection
Miller von Aichholz
Miller von Aichholz, Vienna, Austria, around 1900,assembled one of largest, finest collections ever
Miller von Aichholz, Vienna, Austria, around 1900,assembled one of largest, finest collections ever
