Albarello

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Object Name: 
Albarello
Place Made: 
Spain, probably Catalonia
Accession Number: 
62.3.115
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 10.5 cm, D. (max) 6.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1580-1630
Credit Line: 
Gift of George D. MacBeth
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass with strong green tinge and seeds; opaque-white lattimo stripes; blown, cane-worked. Waisted jar with kicked-in base and constricted neck with out-turned horizontal rim. Decorated with applied, marvered, optical blown spiral lattimo canes. Rough pontil mark on base.

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Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Macbeth, George D. (1892-1968), Source
1962
Color: 
White, light green
white

Exhibitions (1)

El Greco to Velazquez: Art During the Reign of Philip III
Venue(s)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2008-04-13 through 2008-07-27
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University 2008-08-22 through 2008-11-09