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Also known as: 36th annual Seminar on Glass
Lecture title: Glass along the Silk Road, by Robert Brill
Notes:
Introduction by Jane Spillman.
Jane Spillman, Curator of American Glass, and Head of the Curatorial Department, The Corning Museum of Glass ; Dr. Robert H. Brill, Research Scientist, The Corning Museum of Glass.
Filmed during the annual Seminar on Glass at The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, October 17, 1996.
Dr. Robert H. Brill begins with a history of the Silk Road (40 min.) The next 15 minutes is devoted to glass objects found along the Silk Road and in Chinese museums (Chinese and Sasanian), a glass Buddha in The British Museum, faience necklaces, etc. He also discusses potash silicate glass found elsewhere in Asia, glass found in Begram, Afghanistan, and shards from Kucha.
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DVD.
Video is very dark.
Event Notes:
Filmed during the annual Seminar on Glass at The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, October 17, 1996.
