Large murrine bowl
This unpolished bowl is similar to the mounted example displayed in 1881 in Milan, at Italy’s first Universal Exposition. It is characteristic of murrine decoration, a term coined by Abbot Zanetti in the nineteenth century to describe the imitation of ancient Roman mosaic glass. Venetian bead makers helped to perfect the technique.
Artwork Details
- Title: Large murrine bowl
- Maker: Venezia-Murano Company (Italian 1872–1909)
- Date: ca. 1880
- Culture: Italian, Venice (Murano)
- Medium: Glass
- Dimensions: Overall: 5 1/8 × 13 in. (13 × 33 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of James Jackson Jarves, 1881
- Object Number: 81.8.246
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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