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Object NameReliquary
Made FromNon-lead glass, Gold
Dateabout 1600-1650
Place Madeprobably Italy, Venice
TechniqueMold-blown, blown, applied, gilded
SizeOverall H: 16.8 cm; Rim Diam: 7 cm; Foot Diam: 8 cm
Accession Number79.3.997
Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750
Not On View
Physical DescriptionReliquary. Colorless, with yellow-green tinge. Blown, mold-blown; applied, gilded. Cylindrical, straight-sided bowl with flat bottom; attached by merese to blown stem; joined by merese to shallow, blown foot with infolded rim and pontil mark. Around base of bowl, applied and notched band of colorless glass. Molded and gilded lion masks on both sides of stem, with stylized flowers and swags of raised dots between them.Provenance
Source
Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
- 1979
Former Collection
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978)
Former Collection
J. Pierpont Morgan
(American, 1937-1913)
Parke-Bernet, no. 262
Parke-Bernet, no. 262
