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Covered Bowl

Covered Bowl

 
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Object Name: 
Covered Bowl
Department
European
Place Made: 
Italy
Date: 
about 1500-1599
Color
Colorless (yellowish)
Technique
blown, molded, gilded
AAT
molding
Dimensions: 
(a&b) H: 11.2 cm; (a) H: 6.6 cm, W (w/handle): 11 cm; (b) H: 5.8 cm
Accession Number: 
65.3.105
Credit Line: 
Gift of Jerome Strauss
Location: 
On Display
Description
Colorless (yellowish) non-lead glass; blown, molded, gilded. (a) Waisted, thistle-shaped bowl with flared rim and bulbous base; two applied handles with rigaree trailed decoration; two molded and gilded lion-mask (?) prunts with raspberry prunts on either side; trailed foot ring; rough pontil mark; (b) domed cover with folded flange and inset brim; two applied mask prunts and four raspberry prunts matching (a); ball knop and disk finial; rough pontil mark.
Provenance
Strauss, Jerome, Source
1965
Pollak, Albert, Former Collection

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