jar

Object NameFooted Jar

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1550-1600

Place MadeItaly, Venice

TechniqueMold-blown, blown

SizeOverall 21.5 cm; Rim Diam: 8.5 cm; Shoulder Diam: 12 cm; Foot Diam: 10.6 cm

Accession Number60.3.87

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionFooted Jar. Bulbous, slightly conical bowl with pronounced shoulder and conical neck with fire-polished rim; joined by glue-bit to mold-blown ribs, flattened knop; attached by glue-bit to replacement pedestal foot. Deep mold blown decoration on bowl consists of two pairs of dragons bound together at neck but looking backward; their long tails or legs, which are also bound together, end in volutes. Vertical motifs to which tails or legs are bound are surmounted by crown with cross; along shoulder, frieze of flutelike ribs.
Provenance

Source Wilhelm Henrich - 1960

Former Collection Arthur Churchill (Glass) Ltd.