vase
Object NameVase
Made FromGlass, Cold-Paint, Gilding
Date1570-1600
TechniqueBlown, applied, cold-painted, gilded, mold-blown
SizeOverall H: 44.1 cm, W: 21.2 cm; Rim Diam: 7.7 cm; Foot Diam: 12.8 cm
Accession Number2006.3.50
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
El Greco to Velazquez: Art During the Reign of Philip III
Place Madeprobably Italy, Venice; possibly Austria, Tyrol, Hall
Vessel was originally decorated with allover cold painting and gilding, which, apart from minute traces, is almost entirely lost. Slightly more substantial patches survive only on neck, where floral ornaments painted in green (perhaps initially translucent, but now oxidized into opaque dark brown-green) and translucent red on scratched gold-leaf surface are arranged in friezes atop each other.
Body was flattened unevenly, probably with wet wooden paddle. Steam imprinted diagonal grooves into glass, corresponding to direction in which paddle was moved. Larger grooves on one side of body trapped traces of gilding and cold paint. Some claylike residue on part of rim must have been produced during hot-working process. Vase may have touched walls of annealing oven.
Provenance
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1800-1911
1600-1699
about 1900-1949