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The Disch Cantharus

The Disch Cantharus

 
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Object Name: 
Cantharus
Title: 
The Disch Cantharus
Department
Ancient
Category
Roman
Place Made: 
Mediterranean; Germany
Date: 
275-325
Color
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green
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colorless
Technique
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glassblowing
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applied decoration
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gilding
Material
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glass
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gold
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 13.8 cm, W: 15.5 cm, Diam (max): 11 cm
Accession Number: 
66.1.267
Location: 
On Display
Description
Transparent greenish-colorless glass with many small bubbles; blown, with applied cage and handles, and gilded decoration. Two-handled cup on stem with hollow conical foot; conical cup, curving inward at bottom; short, solid stem with flat, discoid knop; hollow conical foot with single concentric trail on upper surface and ground edge; no pontil mark; cup surrounded by six horizontal zigzag trails, which together make hollow spheroid lattice, attached to narrow trail wound one and one-quarter times around wall near top, and thicker trail wound twice around wall near bottom; attached to first and sixth zigzag trails, two opposed handles, each consisting of horizontal U-shaped trail supporting pressed cockleshell, looped vertical trail, pressed cockleshell, horizontal M-shaped trail, and thumb-support; on outside of cup, protected by cage, frieze of three chubby winged cupids, one seated on hillock, others walking towards him with arms outstretched; between them; flowers on leafy stalks, with additional flowers in field, all gilt with scratched details.
Provenance
Sangiorgi, Sergio, Source to 1966
Disch, Former Collection to
Hoffmann, Hermann, Former Collection to
Basilewski, Former Collection to
Sangiorgi, Giorgio, Former Collection to

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Exhibitions

The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
IBM Gallery 1989-12-12 through 1990-02-03
National Gallery of Art 1990-12 through 1991-04
Publications
1
Glass of the Caesars
Venue(s)
British Museum 1987-11-18 through 1988-03-06
Romisch-Germanisches Museum 1988-04-15 through 1988-10-18
Musei Capitolini 1988-11-03 through 1989-01-31
Corning Museum of Glass
Publications
1
 
Masterpieces of Glass from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
National Gallery of Art 1990-12-02 through 1991-04-14
Publications
1

Publications

Chemical Analyses of Early Glasses (Volume 3) (2012) pp. 383, 408, 682;
Modern Glass Inspired By Ancient Rome (2008-02-22) illustrated, p. 1;
Corning Glass Museum Plans Exhibition Exploring Roman Glass' Modern Impact (2008-02-01) illustrated
Looking at Glass: A Guide to Terms, Styles and Techniques (2005) illustrated, p. 85; BIB# 99164
Looking at Glass: A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques (2005) illustrated, p. 85; BIB# 79754
Plastik sanatlarda cam malzemenin uygulanisi (2003) illustrated, p. 18, fig. 2.3, row 5, #2; BIB# 120381
Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume Two (2001) pp. 275-277, pl. 867; BIB# 58895
Chemical Analyses of Early Glasses (Volume 2) (1999) p. 148; BIB# 61154
Chemical Analyses of Early Glasses (Volume 1) (1999) pp. 80, 249; BIB# 61154
Untersuchungen zu den Glasern un Gipsabgussen aus dem Fund von Begram/Afghanistan (1998) illustrated, pl. 23, no. 3; pp. 72-73; BIB# 57685
Enciclopedia Dell'Arte Antica, classica e orientale (1997) illustrated, p. 1025, fig. 1302, right;
Glass, Gold, and Gold-Glasses (1996) illustrated, p. 5, fig. 3;
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990) illustrated, pp. 56-57, pl. 20; BIB# 33819
Glass Of The Roman Empire (1988) illustrated, pp. 56-57, fig. 24; pp. 8-9; BIB# 32608
Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (postcards) (1987) illustrated, #24; BIB# 34348
Glass of the Caesars (1987) illustrated, pp. 253-254, #143; BIB# 31831
Book of Glass (1986) p. 63;
Masterpieces of Glass : A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass (1980) pp. 56-57, pl. 20; BIB# 20953
Recent Important Acquisitions, 17 (1975) illustrated, cover, frontispiece;
Romische Glaser mit Fadenauflage in Koln (Schlangenfadenglaser und Verwandtes) (1959) p. 65, pls. 84-85; BIB# 29379
Zum Kantharos Disch-Sangiorgi (1931) cols. 116ff;
The excavations at Dura-Europos, conducted by Yale University and the French Academy of inscriptions and letters: preliminary report of seasons of work (1929-) pp. 253-254; BIB# 19567
Il Kantharos Disch (1926) p. 74, pls. 3-4;
Title Unknown (Bonner Jahrbucher 71) (1881) pl. 6, #1356;

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