Asian Goblet

Asian Goblet

 
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Object Name: 
Covered Goblet Engraved with Continent of Asia
Title: 
Asian Goblet
Department
European
Category
Baroque
Place Made: 
Electorate of Saxony, probably Glucksburg
Date: 
about 1710-1725
Color
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colorless
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purple
Technique
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glassblowing
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cutting
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engraving
Material
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glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 44 cm; Foot Diam: 16.5 cm
Accession Number: 
99.3.37 A
Location: 
On Display
Description
Covered Goblet Engraved with Continent of Asia. Colorless glass, blown, cut, engraved. Covered goblet, the baluster stem, base of the bowl and finial of the lid cut, and the bowl engraved with allegory of the Asian Continent after 16th century design.
Provenance
Rudigier-Ruckert, Gertrud, Source
1999-11-23
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
Changing Exhibitions Gallery
Glass of the Alchemists (2008) illustrated, pp. 288-291, #111; BIB# 103865
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1999 (2000) p. 15;
The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000) illustrated, pp. 15, 18, #11; BIB# 65446
 
 

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