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The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) (r) is a structured vocabulary for generic concepts related to art and architecture. It was developed by The Getty Research Institute to help research institutions become consistent in the terminology they use.Learn More
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Primary Description:
Translucent dark blue glass; cast, wheel-cut and polished. Narrow oval dish or cover in form of fish, with four projections from rim, cut in form of dorsal, caudal and anal fins, and tail; interior hollow; exterior has rounded contours of fish, except at highest point, which is flat; anatomical details indicated by incisions and cutting in low relief: mouth, eye, cheek, operculum, pectoral fin and rear part of lateral line; details on head shown in relief, pectoral fins indicated by long incised lines, lateral line by row of notches; exterior surfaces of fins and tail plain, interior surfaces have incised lines indicating spiny components.
Exhibitions (5)
Poseidon and the Sea: Myth, Cult, and Daily Life
Venue(s)
Joslyn Art Museum 2014-02-08 through 2014-05-11
Tampa Museum of Art 2014-06-14 through 2014-11-30
Hood Museum of Art 2015-01-17 through 2015-03-15
The realm of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, encompassed virtually every aspect of life in the ancient Mediterranean world, from mythology and cult to daily activities. Each of these three domains will be explored in the exhibition, which will be the first of its type anywhere. The exhibition will offer an intimate look at the timeliness, beauty and wonder of marine life sure to resonate with lay visitors of all ages. All of the CMoG objects would be displayed in the final section of the exhibition, showing the influence of the sea in ancient art and life.
The Fragile Art: Extraordinary Objects from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
Park Avenue Armory 2009-01-23 through 2009-02-01
The 55th Annual Winter Antiques Show
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
Yokohama Museum of Art 1992-10-12 through 1992-12-13
The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
IBM Gallery 1989-12-12 through 1990-02-02
National Gallery of Art 1990-12-09 through 1991-04-14
Decorative and utilitarian works from the Corning Museum of Glass, surveying 35 centuries of glass-making technology and stylistic developments from ancient Egyptian, Roman, Islamic, and Asian cultures to contemporary American and European examples.
The works were selected by Corning Museum staff members Dwight P. Lanmon, director and curator of European glass; David B. Whitehouse, curator of ancient and Islamic glass; Jane Shadel Spillman, curator of American glass; and Susanne K. Frantz, curator of 20th-century glass.
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 (30)
55th Winter Antiques Show, A Benefit for East Side House Settlement (2009)
illustrated, pp. 140-141;
BIB# 29139
55th Annual Winter Antiques Show (2008-12)
illustrated, fourth fold;
Plastik sanatlarda cam malzemenin uygulanisi (2003)
illustrated, p. 18, fig. 2.3, row 2, #1;
BIB# 120381
The Other Side of the Looking Glass. The Glass Body and Its Metaphors (2003)
illustrated, p. 4;
BIB# 77986
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001)
illustrated, p. 23;
BIB# 68214
New Glass Review, 20 (1999)
illustrated, p. 7;
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999)
illustrated, p. 14;
BIB# 63967
La Cuisine Romaine Antique (1992)
illustrated, p. 176, fig. 221;
Arts Walk, Crystal Country (1991)
pp. 42-47, ill., p. 42;
Glass to Dazzle a Caesar (1989)
illustrated, p. 12;