tazza
Object NameEnameled Tazza
Made FromGlass, Gold, Pigments, Enamel
Date1500-1599
Place MadeItaly, Venice
TechniqueBlown, enameled, gilded
SizeOverall H: 8.3 cm; Rim Diam: 36.3 cm; Foot Diam: 14.8 cm
Accession Number2002.3.36
Credit LineGift in part of Ken and Sylvia Lyon
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Yearning for Venetian Glass: Beauty that Traversed Oceans and Time
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionEnameled Tazza. Colorless, with grayish tinge; very bubbly. Blown; enameled, gilded. Shallow bowl with fire-polished rim, directly attached to shallow pedestal foot with infolded rim and pontil mark. Inside center of bowl is decorated with painting of reclining horse or donkey in gold on green field with horizontal black dashes, with stylized blue and black waves below; above is stylized sun in gold, with rays radiating toward horizon. Central design is surrounded by white circle and outer red circle; outer rim is decorated with repeating dot pattern in red, gray, and gold.Provenance
Source
Sylvia Applebee Lyon
- 2003-01-16
Former Collection
Kenneth W. Lyon
- 2002-11-21
