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Since its accession in 1957, the 'Warrior' vase ranks among the highlights of the collection. Glass making had been known in ancient China, but was only reintroduced to China during the reign of the emperor Kangxi (1662-1722) by Jesuit missionaries. 1 The Beijing palace glassworks were remarkably successful during the following hundred years, and the brightness and perfection of its coloured glass often surpasses its model, the glass of Venice and central Europe.
The Portland Vase is the best-known ancient Roman cameo glass vessel. It is in the collection of the British Museum in London.
A groundbreaking exhibition produced by the J. Paul Getty Museum and The Corning Museum of Glass, Reflecting Antiquity: Modern Glass Inspired by Ancient Rome opened on October 18, 2007 at the Getty Villa in Los Angeles, and ran through January 14, 2008. Then it traveled to The Corning
The Morgan Cup ( 52.1.93 ) is a Roman cameo glass of the first century A.D. It may have been found in the ancient city of Heraclea Pontica, modern Eregli, Turkey. The cup was once in the collection of J. Pierpont Morgan (hence its name). It came to the Museum in 1952 as the gift of
