vase

Object NameGoblet Vase

Made FromGlass

Date1570-1630

TechniqueMold-blown, blown, tooled, filigrana

SizeOverall H: 20.1 cm, Diam (max): 13.5 cm; Rim Diam: 7 cm; Foot Diam: 8 cm

Accession Number53.3.39

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

The Triumph of humanism: a visual survey of the decorative arts of the Renassaince

Islam and the Medieval West

Ennion and His Legacy: Mold-Blown Glass From Ancient Rome

Place Made

probably Italy, Veneto, Venezia, Venice; probably Low Countries

Physical DescriptionGoblet vase. Colorless, with opaque white filigrana ribbons. Blown, mold-blown; tooled. Almost spherical bowl with slightly flaring, fire-polished rim, supported by five knobbed stem that ends at top and bottom in colorless glue-bit; conical, flaring foot with rim strengthened by applied ribbon of colorless glass. Bowl is decorated with opaque white vetro a fili canes and mold-blown with frieze depicting two pairs of lions between bands, flanking undecorated cartouche. Stem and foot are made of opaque white vetro a retorti canes with vertical filigrana ribbons; at stem, vertical ribbons alternate with groups of three threads, slightly swirling at knobs; at foot, swirling ribbons alternate with bands of crossed threads. Top and bottom parts of bowl are gadrooned.
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