Ribbed and fluted vase with lion masks
The form is based on the common and very ancient Near Eastern carinated shape. However, this example has a higher, more constricted neck and a more rounded body, to which are applied lion masks and rings, symbols of Venice.
Artwork Details
- Title: Ribbed and fluted vase with lion masks
- Date: 19th century
- Culture: Italian, Venice (Murano)
- Medium: Glass
- Dimensions: Height: 9 in. (22.9 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of James Jackson Jarves, 1881
- Object Number: 81.8.280
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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Editor Camillo Boito
Publisher Ferdinando Ongania
1881
Designer Designed by Louis C. Tiffany
Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company
1893–96
early 19th century
Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory
Modeler Jean-Claude Duplessis
Decorator Attributed to Charles Nicolas Dodin
1757
Andrea Fornari
1832
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