bowl
Object NameBowl
Made FromGlass
Date1900-1905
Place MadeItaly
SizeOverall H: 14.5 cm; Rim H: 8.1 cm
Accession Number55.3.46 A
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Herbert N. Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Murano Glass in the Twentieth Century
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionClear glass; free-blown, pattern-molded, enameled and gilded, with applied and tooled decoration. Bowl with straight walls, rough pontil mark, applied foot ring and folded rim; six snake-like dragons of slightly blue enameled glass with yellow and blue eyes and red tongues applied to the bowl, two of them serving as high projecting handles; spattered gold decoration on bowl and dragons.Provenance
Source
Mrs. Herbert N. Strauss
about 1500-1550
about 1801-1900
