Bowl

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Object Name: 
Bowl
Place Made: 
Eastern Mediterranean
Accession Number: 
55.1.81
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 3.9 cm, Diam (max): 13.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
25-99
Primary Description: 
Canes of amethyst amber with opaque white spirals and translucent amethyst center; translucent amethyst with opaque white spirals and translucent amber center; one amethyst matrix with opaque white star pattern and opaque yellow center, rectangular amethyst canes with three opaque white stripes running lengthwise, chips of blue-green matrix with opaque yellow spirals, and opaque medium blue, opaque yellow and opaque white chips, dull exterior surface, some pitting on interior surface; preformed canes fused in mold, interior lathe-polished, exterior fire-polished. Shallow bowl, rounded rim finished with large amethyst cane with opaque white twist, subsequently ground and fire-polished; side curves inward to form slightly rounded base; two opposing holes, D: 0.3 cm, drilled in wall, shortly below rim, one filled with copper or bronze.

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Department: 
Ancient and Islamic
Provenance: 
Minutoli, Heinrich Menu von (Prussian, 1772-1846), Former Collection
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1955-09-09
Color: 
amethyst
amber
opaque white glass
yellow
bluish green
blue
Technique: 
molding
polishing
fire polishing
Material: 
glass
copper
bronze

Exhibitions (6)

Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1995-06-03 through 1995-10-22
Glass from the Ancient World: So Diverse a Unity
Venue(s)
University of Michigan 1991-04-05 through 1991-05-05
 
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
Glass from the Ancient World
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1957-06-04 through 1957-09-15
 
Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith
Venue(s)
Musee de Mariemont 1954 through 1954
Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith: Kurpfalzischen Museum Heidelberg
Venue(s)
Kurpfalzischen Museum 1952-11 through 1953
 

Publications (19)

Antikes Glas (Handbuch der Archaologie) (2004) illustrated, p. 172 (Taf. 157); BIB# 83444
Heisses Glas: Techniken und Projekte aus ofengeformtem Glas (2004) illustrated, p. 12, lower left; BIB# 83474
Warm Glass. A Complete Guide to Kiln-Forming Techniques Fusing Slumping Casting (2003) illustrated, p. 12, lower left; BIB# 83816
El Vidrio Tecnicas de Trabajo de Horno (2003) illustrated, p. 12, lower left; BIB# 83109
Objects of Fantasy: Glass Inclusions of the Nineteenth Century (2001) illustrated, pp. 6-7; BIB# 68390
Roman Glass: Reflections on Cultural Change (1999) p. 9, Plate E.6; BIB# 72068
Miniature Masterpieces: Mosaic Glass 1838-1924 (1995) illustrated, p. 12, fig. 23; BIB# 36114
Glass from the Ancient World: So Diverse a Unity (1991) p. 42, no.5; BIB# 34381
Miniature di vetro: murrine 1838-1924 (1990) illustrated, p. 8, #2; BIB# 33778
Miniature di vetro: murrine 1838-1924 (1990) illustrated, p. 8, #2; BIB# 33778
Glass Of The Roman Empire (1988) illustrated, pp. 14-15, fig. 3; pp. 6, 9; BIB# 32608
Glass of the Caesars (1987) illustrated, p. 35, #12; BIB# 31831
Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (postcards) (1987) illustrated, #2; BIB# 34348
Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1979) illustrated, pp. 179-180, #466, pls. 24, 41; BIB# 29547
Millefiori Glass in Classical Antiquity (1968) illustrated, p. 66, fig. 27, #8; pp. 65-68;
Glass from the Ancient World: The Ray Winfield Smith Collection (1957) illustrated, p. 79, 81, #126; BIB# 27315
Catalogue des Verres Antiques de la Collection Ray Winfield Smith (1954) illustrated, p. 21, pl. 13, #72; BIB# 28196
Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith (Heidelberg) (1952) p. 9, #14; BIB# 31788
Spezil-Verzeichniss der im Auktions-Katalog vom 25 Oct. 1875 (1875-10-25) #735; BIB# 9941