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Object NameCovered Jar (vetro a retortoli)
Made FromGlass, Gilding, Wood
Dateabout 1600-1650
Place MadeItaly, Venice
TechniqueMold-blown, blown, tooled, gilded, vetro a retortoti
SizeOverall H: 23.7 cm; Vase H: 17.4 cm, Diam (max): 13.2 cm; Foot Diam: 7.6 cm; Rim Diam: 8 cm
Accession Number53.3.40
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Yearning for Venetian Glass: Beauty that Traversed Oceans and Time
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionCovered Jar (vetro a retortoli). Colorless, with opaque white filigrana ribbons and threads. Blown, mold-blown; tooled, gilded wooden knop. Jar. (a) Bulbous ovoid body with curved sides tapering toward bottom, and with flaring, fire-polished rim, is separated by knob from pedestal foot with rim strengthened by applied ribbon of colorless glass; on bowl, pairs of vertical opaque white vetro a fili canes alternating with opaque white vetro a retorti canes; on foot, same decoration, but slightly swirled; bowl is vertically and horizontally gadrooned, forming bosslike pattern. (b) Set in, three-domed, scalelike cover; vertical gadroons with same cane decoration.Provenance
Source
Arthur Churchill (Glass) Ltd.
- 1953
