tazza
Object NameTazza
Made FromGlass
Date1500-1599
Place MadeItaly, Venice
TechniqueBlown, mold-blown, applied
SizeOverall H: 19.4 cm; Rim Diam: 27.4 cm
Accession Number57.3.7
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Islam and the Medieval West
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionTazza. Colorless, with greenish yellow tinge. Blown, mold-blown; applied. Wide bowl (with pontil mark) curving to shoulder, then curving back slightly to wide, short cylindrical part with outfolded rim; spreading mold-blown (12 vertical ribs) foot has applied broad thread of deep blue glass. Second gather applied to base of bowl and mold-blown (12 ribs swirling to left). Two blue threads applied to upper part of bowl and to edge of rim.Provenance
Source
Blumka Gallery
