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Adoration of the Magi (Detail), ca. 1390, Austrian; From the Schlosskapelle, Ebreichsdorf, Austria, Pot-metal and colorless glass with silver stain and vitreous paint (1986.285.1,2) |
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Adoration of the Magi, 1507, Circle of the Strassburger Werkstattgemeinschaft, German (Munich), Pot-metal and colorless glass, silver stain, and vitreous paint (1996.262) |
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Alabastron (small jar for perfumes or unguents), 2nd1st century B.C.; Hellenistic, Cypriot, Glass (74.51.319) |
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Animal flask, 7th8th century, Syria, Yellowish, pinkish, and grayish colorless glass, free-blown and applied; tooled on the pontil (1999.145) |
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Beaker, 9th10th century, Western Asia or Egypt, Blown, tooled, and relief-cut glass (1974.45) |
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Beakers signed by Iason, mid-1st century A.D.; Imperial, Roman, Glass (29.100.82) (59.11.3) |
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Bella Apartment window, ca. 1880,
Louis Comfort Tiffany (American),
Leaded glass (2002.474) |
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Bottle in the form of a fish and a flask in the form of grapes, 1st3rd century A.D., Roman, Mold-blown glass (17.194.251; 17.194.231) |
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Bottle, 12th century,
Probably Syrian,
Mold-blown and tooled glass with applied decoration (2005.318) |
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Bottle, 18th19th century, Iran, Glass, mold-blown, free-blown, and tooled (17.190.829) |
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Bottle, 3rd4th century A.D., Roman, Cut glass (17.194.317) |
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Bottle, 7thearly 8th century, Egypt or Syria, Bluish colorless and blue glass, free-blown and applied (x.21.210) |
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Bottle, 9th10th century, Syria, Greenish colorless and dark blue glass, free-blown and impressed with tongs; tooled on the pontil (08.138.2) |
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Bottle, late 13th century; Mamluk, Probably Syria, Greenish colorless glass, free-blown, enameled, and gilded; tooled on the pontil; red, blue, green, yellow, purple, brown, pink, white, gray blue, and black enamels; and gold (41.150) |
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Bowl and dish, early 18th century; Mughal, India, Milky white glass, decorated with silver and gold; bowl (2000.490a,b) |
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Bowl Fragments with Menorah, Shofar, and Torah Ark, 4th century, Roman or Byzantine, Glass, gold leaf (18.145.1 ab) |
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Bowl, 2ndearly 1st century B.C., Hellenistic, Greek, Onyx glass (91.1.1303) |
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Bowl, 3rd4th century A.D., Roman, Blown glass (17.194.314) |
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Bowl, 9th century, Possibly Syria, Glass, mosaic (2001.266) |
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Bowl, ca. 1908,
Louis Comfort Tiffany (American); Tiffany Furnaces,
Favrile glass (51.121.13) |
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Bowl, late 10thearly 11th century, Probably Egypt, Bluish colorless glass, free-blown and stained; tooled on the pontil; yellow and brown copper and silver stains (1974.74) |
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Cage animal flask, 7th8th century, Syria, Applied glass (69.153) |
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Cameo architectural panel, ca. 125 A.D.; Augustanearly Julio-Claudian, Roman, Glass (18.145.38a) |
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Cameo cup fragment with lovemaking scene, first half of 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass (81.10.349) |
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Cameo fragment with marine animals, first half of 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass (81.10.347) |
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Cameo: Silhouette portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna and Grand Duke Paul, dated 1791, Russian; Saint Petersburg, Cut glass (1999.525) |
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Cheval glass (psyche), ca. 181014,
François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter (French),
Amboyna on oak with gilt-bronze mounts (24.230) |
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Christ Giving the Keys to Peter, ca. 1315, German; Cologne, Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint (29.55.1,2) |
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"Clutha" vase, ca. 1890,
Christopher Dresser (British),
Green glass (1991.20.2) |
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Colorless floral plate, ca. 100150 A.D., Roman, Cast glass (81.10.237) |
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Composite mosaic dish, early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass (59.11.6) |
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Conical bowl, 2nd1st century B.C., Hellenistic; Said to be from Syria, Cast glass (81.10.243) |
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Cosmetic flask, late 10th11th century, Egypt or Syria, Free-blown, tooled, and stained glass (10.130.2649) |
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Covered goblet, 1788, Made by New Bremen Glass Manufactory (Frederick County, Maryland), American, Blown glass with engraved decoration (28.52a,b) |
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Cup, 9th10th century, Egypt, Syria, or Iraq, Yellowish colorless glass, free-blown and impressed; tooled on the pontil (1974.15) |
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Dish, 3rd4th century A.D., Roman; From Cologne, Cut glass (81.10.46) |
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Engraved beaker with charioteer, 4th century A.D., Roman, eastern Mediterranean; Said to be from Egypt, Glass (59.11.14) |
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Engraved bowl with medallions, 4th century A.D., Roman, Glass (17.194.318) |
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Ewer signed by Tayyib ibn Ahmad Barmasi, 9th century, Probably Iraq, Transparent pale yellowish green glass, body blown in mold with two vertical sections; handle applied (x.21.191) |
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Faceted Bowl, 5th7th century; Sasanian, Iran (?), Glass, blown and wheel-cut (59.34) |
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"Fireworks" vase, 1921,
Edward Hald (Swedish); Manufacturer: Orrefors Glasbruk,
Engraved flashed glass (27.96.5) |
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Footed bowl (tazza), mid-13th century, Syria, Yellowish colorless glass, molded, optic blown, applied (foot), enameled, and gilded; tooled on the pontil; blue, red, white, green, yellow, and black enamels; and gold (91.1.1538) |
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Footed bowl, 1st century B.C.1st century A.D., Hellenistic or Roman, Cast glass (81.10.129) |
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Fragmentary beaker, ca. 2nd century A.D.; Mid-Imperial, Roman, Glass, free-blown and painted, (22.2.36,.37) |
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Fragmentary plate, 9th century, Western Asia, excavated at the Tepe Madraseh, Nishapur, Iran, Glass, blown, trailed, and scratch-engraved (40.170.131) |
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Frankish "Claw" Beaker, 400600, Found in Bellenberg Voehringen, southern Germany, Glass (81.10.189) |
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Garden Landscape and Fountain, ca. 190515,
Louis Comfort Tiffany (American); Tiffany Studios,
Favrile glass, cement (1976.105) |
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Garland bowl, late 1st century B.C.early 1st century A.D.; Augustan, Roman, Glass (91.1.1402) |
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Gladiator cup, ca. 5080 A.D.; NeronianEarly Flavianic, Roman; Found at Montagnole, southern France, Glass (81.10.245) |
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Glass alabastron, late 8th6th century B.C.; Archaic, Probably Phoenician; From Cyprus, Glass (74.51.312) |
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Glass rings and bracelets, 1st century B.C.4th century A.D., Roman, Glass and gold (74.51.4244) |
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Goblet,
Murano (Italian),
Glass (1988.403a,b) |
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Goblet, 9th century, Western Asia or Egypt, Transparent pale greenish blue glass, blown from two gathers and scratch-engraved (65.173.1) |
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Goblets, 11th or early 12th century,
Possibly Syria,
Blown, applied decoration; tooled on the pontil (2000.279.1,2) |
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Gold-glass alabastron, 1st century B.C., Hellenistic, Glass (17.194.286) |
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Gold-glass bottles, first half of 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass (17.194.259) |
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Hanging lamp (cesendello), late 15thearly 16th century,
Venice,
Free-blown glass, enameled and gilded (14.83) |
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Head of Augustus, Roman Period, 2720 B.C.,
Egyptian,
Blue-green (glassy?) faience (26.7.1428) |
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Heart amulets, Dynasty 1819 (ca. 15501186 B.C.), Egyptian, Glass (10.130.1782) Heart amulets, Dynasty 1920 (ca. 12951070 B.C.), Egyptian, Agate (10.130.1804) |
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Hexagonal Bottle, 500629, Byzantine; Possibly from Syria, Glass, mold-blown (1972.118.180) |
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Inlays and shrine elements, Dynasty 30Ptolemaic Period, ca. 38030 B.C., Egyptian, Glass (21.2.2) |
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Jug, 10th century, Probably Iran, Transparent yellowish colorless glass, blown, applied (handle), tooled, and wheel-cut (39.40.101) |
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Kubus stacking containers, ca. 1938, Wilhelm Wagenfeld (German), Glass (1986.412.116) |
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Lamp, 190415,
Louis Comfort Tiffany (American); Tiffany Studios,
Leaded Favrile glass, bronze (1974.214.15a,b) |
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"Lansetti II" (Lancet II) vase, 1952,
Timo Sarpaneva (Finnish); Manufacturer: Iittala Lasitehdas Oy,
Glass (56.31.3) |
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Loggia from Laurelton Hall, Oyster Bay, New York, ca. 1905,
Louis Comfort Tiffany (American),
Limestone, ceramic, glass (1978.10.1) |
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Looking glass, ca. 1775, American, Pine (1990.18) |
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Magnolia and Irises, ca. 1908,
Louis Comfort Tiffany (American); Tiffany Studios,
Leaded Favrile glass (1981.159) |
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Man of Sorrows and the Mater dolorosa, ca. 1480, Strassburger Werkstattgemeinschaft (Lautenbach Master), German (Swabia); From the chapter house of Constance Cathedral, Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint (1998.215a,b) |
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MAP III, 1993,
Bertil Vallien (Swedish),
Glass and iron (1994.199ab) |
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Mold-blown vessel signed by Ennion, first half of 1st century A.D.; Julio-Claudian, Roman; found on Cyprus, Glass (17.194.226) |
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Monochrome blown vessels, 1st4th century A.D., Roman, Translucent blown glass (17.194.72,.96,.167) From Cyprus (81.10.32) |
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Monochrome bowls, 1st century A.D., Roman; From Syria, Opaque cast glass (1972.118.185) (13.198.1,.2,.3) |
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Monochrome cast vessels, 1st century A.D., Roman, Translucent cast glass (17.194.155) (91.1.1238) (81.10.128) (29.100.84) |
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Mosaic bowls, 1st century B.C., Hellenistic, Glass (17.194.263; 17.194.560) |
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Mosque lamp, ca. 1285; Mamluk, Egypt (Cairo), Brownish colorless glass, free-blown, applied, enameled, gilded, and stained; tooled on the pontil; red, blue, white, green, yellow, and black enamels; gold; and orange-yellow stain (17.190.985) |
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Mosque lamp, ca. 132935,
Cairo,
Free-blown glass, enameled and gilded (17.190.991) |
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"Nomos" table, 1987, Sir Norman Foster (British); Manufacturer: Techno S.p.A., Glass, stainless steel, rubber (1998.379ab) |
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Oinochoe, 1st century A.D., Roman, Opaque glass (17.194.170) |
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Pair of Bird-Shaped Brooches, 550600, Frankish, Gold sheet, cloisonné cells inset with garnets, glass, and pearl, garnets backed with patterned foil (17.191.164-165) |
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Panel from a Tree of Jesse Window, 14th century, German (Swabia), Pot-metal glass, vitreous paint (22.25a-f) |
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Pilgrim flask, ca. 15001525,
Venice,
Free-blown glass, enameled and gilded (1975.1.1167) |
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Pitcher, 3rd4th century A.D., Roman, Blown glass (74.51.134) |
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Plate, 14th century; Mamluk, Syria or Egypt, Glass, free-blown, tooled, enameled, and gilded (91.1.1533) |
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Playing at Quintain, ca. 1500, French (Paris?), Colorless glass, silver stain, and vitreous paint (1980.223.6) |
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Printed cotton (detail), ca. 1830,
English, Cotton (63.55.2) |
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Prophet, ca. 13901410, French (Bourges or Burgundy) or South Lowlands, Colorless glass, silver stain, and vitreous paint (1995.301) |
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Pyxides, late 1st century B.C.early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass (91.1.1335) |
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Ribbed bowl, late 1st century B.C.mid-1st century A.D., Roman, Cast glass (81.10.39) |
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Ruba Rombic vase, ca. 1928, Reuben Haley (American), Glass (1986.413.2) |
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Savoy vase, 1936,
Alvar Aalto (Finnish),
Glass (1985.223) |
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Scenes from the Passion of Saint Vincent of Saragossa and the History of His Relics, 12441247, French; From the Church of St. Germain-des-Prés, Paris, Pot-metal glass with vitreous paint (24.167ak) |
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Sorgheloos in Poverty, 15101520, North Lowlands, Colorless glass with vitreous paint and silver stain (1999.243) |
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Stained-Glass Panel, ca. 12451248, France, Tours, Ambulatory of the Cathedral of Saint-Gatien, Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint (37.173.3) |
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Stained-Glass Window, with Grisaille Decoration, ca. 1325, French; From the abbey church of Saint-Ouen, Rouen, France, Pot-metal and colorless glass, with silver stain and vitreous paint (1984.199.111 and 48.183.2) |
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Stained-glass window, 1912, Made by Frank Lloyd Wright (American), Glass, zinc (67.231.1) |
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Stained-glass window, ca. 1656, Evert Duyckinck (American), Painted glass (52.77.46) |
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Statuette of the goddess Taweret, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 33230 B.C., Egyptian, Glassy faience (26.7.1193) |
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Stool: Kneeling Female Caryatid, 19th century (?), Democratic Republic of Congo; Luba or Shankadi, Wood, glass beads (1978.412.317) |
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Storage jar, 2nd3rd century A.D., Roman, Mold-blown glass (17.194.219) |
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Theodosius Arrives at Ephesus (Scene from the Legend of the Seven Sleepers), ca. 12001205, French; From the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Rouen, Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint (1980.263.4) |
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Two Grisaille Panels, 13201324, French; Paris, from the Chapel of Saint-Louis, north aisle, royal abbey of Saint-Denis, Pot-metal and white glass, silver stain (1982.433.3,4) |
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Vase, 189396, Designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany (American); Made by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company , American; Made in Mid-Atlantic, Corona, New York, America, Favrile glass (96.17.10) |
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Vase, ca. 19016,
Designer: Max Läuger (German), Glass, pewter (1991.182.2) |
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Vestment II, 1997, Stanislav Libensky (Czech); Jaroslava Brychtová (Czech, born 1924), Cast glass (1999.91) |
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Virgin Mary and Five Standing Saints above Predella Panels, 14401446, German; From the Carmelite church at Boppard-am-Rhein, Pot-metal glass, white glass, vitreous glass, silver stain (37.52.16) |
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Virgin of the Apocalypse, ca. 14801490, Circle of the Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet, German; Middle Rhineland, Colorless glass, silver stain, and vitreous paint (1982.47.1) |
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Visitation, 1444, Probably Strasbourg; From the Carmelite church at Boppard-am-Rhein, Pot-metal glass (13.64.3ab) |
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Window, 17th century, Egypt or Syria, Stained glass (93.26.3,4) |
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Wine bottle, Edo period, mid-19th century, Japan, Glass in marbled color (2001.58.1)
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