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Object NameLemon
Made FromNon-Lead Glass
Dateabout 1700
Place MadeItaly, Venice
TechniqueBlown, rolled in glass bits, cased, hot worked, tooled
SizeOverall H: 13.2 cm, W: 10.4 cm, D: 5.5 cm
Accession Number99.3.36
Credit LineGift of Rainer Zietz
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionLemon. Opaque yellow cased with colorless, lattimo, translucent blue non-lead glass; blown, rolled in glass bits, cased, hot-worked, tooled. Ovoid body with slightly curved bottom, made of opaque yellow glass cased with colorless patterned into ice glass; surmounted with curled stem and two green leaves made of opaque yellow glass cased with translucent blue. At junction of leaves and stem, six-petaled flower of white glass with yellow center.
Provenance
Source Rainer Zietz Limited - 1999-11-04
plaque
99-75 BCE (possibly earlier)
bowl
Salviati
1950
cup
25 BCE-50 CE
plaque
99-75 BCE (possibly earlier)
sculpture
about 1700
fragment
99-1 BCE (possibly earlier)