2 Covered Bowls

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Object Name: 
2 Covered Bowls
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
2000.3.8
Dimensions: 
See Individual Records
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1500-1599
Primary Description: 
Aa) Vessel, colorless bubbly glass with slight gray tint and transparent blue glass; mold-blown, applied, assembled. Cylindrical shape bowl ribbed on base and lower 1/3, one blue and one colorless applied horizontal band just above ribbing, flattened ribbed blue knop and ribbed, trumpet-shaped foot with blue band on edge. Ab) Lid, colorless bubbly glass, gold; mold-blown. Dome shape with honey-comb pattern with ribbed bulbous finial topped by an applied prunt with gold. Ba) Vessel, colorless bubbly glass with slight gray tint and transparent blue glass; mold-blown, applied, assembled. Cylindrical shape bowl ribbed on base and lower 1/3, two blue applied horizontal bands just above ribbing, flattened ribbed blue knop and ribbed trumpet-shaped foot with blue band on edge. Bb) Lid, colorless bubbly glass, gold; mold-blown, tooled. Dome shape with honey-comb pattern with ribbed bulbous finial topped by an applied prunt with gold.

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Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Christie's, Paris, Source
2000-03-28

Publications (3)

Recent Important Acquisitions, 43 (2001) illustrated, p. 198, fig. 9, left; BIB# AI53002
An Important Collection of Venetian and Facon deVenise Glass, sale #6272 (2000-03-28) p. 20, lot 35; BIB# 95477
Verre de Venise: tresors (1995) illustrated, pp. 29, 89, #169; BIB# 36397

Objects in Set (2)

Covered Bowl
Date:1500-1599
Accession Number:2000.3.8 A
Covered Bowl
Date:1500-1599
Accession Number:2000.3.8 B