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vase

Object NameVase

Made FromGlass, Gold

Dateprobably 1870-1890

Techniquefree-blown, applied decoration, gold glass medallion

SizeOverall: 29.5 cm; Foot Diam: 11 cm

Accession Number61.3.115

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Reflecting Antiquity: Modern Glass Inspired by Ancient Rome

Place Made

probably Italy, Venice

Physical DescriptionTransparent glass with amber tinge and many minute bubbles; free-blown with applied decoration and gold glass medallions. High pedestal foot with thickened rim, ball knob with vertical ribs; large almost spherical body flattened at four sides and leading into short cylindrical neck with bulge and wide flaring rim; four thin solid ear-shaped handles bulge at neck and shoulder of body extending in rigaree bands towards the central body; four medallions of light blue glass have been applied to the four sides of the body, the medallions being decorated in engraved gold leaf; they show portrait busts of saints, one female; the names of the four saints are: "PAULUS, CALISTUS GENESIUSO AGNES", the last one having a little leaf spray; two of the medallions are framed by double lines, and two have an octagon enclosed in a double line.
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