Glass in the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hayward, Jane

1982

20 pages

13 illustrations

6 x 9 in

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Table of contents

About the authors

Introduction

American Decorative Arts

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Arms and Armor

Egyptian Art

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Far Eastern Art

Greek and Roman Art

Islamic Art

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

Robert Lehman Collection

Twentieth Century Art

Bibliography

Met Art in Publication

Covered goblet, New Bremen Glass Manufactory, Blown and engraved glass, American — Covered goblet
New Bremen Glass Manufactory
John Frederick Amelung
1788

Two-handled vessel with a pierced base, Glass, pale green, Sasanian — Two-handled vessel with a pierced base
Sasanian
ca. 4th–5th century CE

Saint Michael and a Donor, Stained glass, pot metal, silver, French — Saint Michael and a Donor
French
late 15th century

Statuette of the Goddess Taweret, Glassy faience — Statuette of the Goddess Taweret
332–30 B.C.

Goblet, Glass, enameled and gilded, Italian, Venice, Murano — Goblet
Italian, Venice, Murano
ca. 1475–1500 (modern foot)

Goblet (Roemer) with map of the Rhine River, Glass, engraved with a diamond point, Dutch, probably Amsterdam — Goblet (Roemer) with map of the Rhine River
Dutch, probably Amsterdam
early 17th century

Glass phiale (libation bowl), Glass, Greek, Eastern Mediterranean — Glass phiale (libation bowl)
Greek, Eastern Mediterranean
late 5th–early 4th century BCE

Enameled and Gilded Bottle, Glass, greenish; blown, folded foot; enameled and gilded — Enameled and Gilded Bottle
late 13th century

Reliquary of Mary Magdalene, Gilded copper, gilded silver, rock crystal, verre églomisé, and a tooth (possibly human), North Italian — Reliquary of Mary Magdalene
North Italian
14th and 15th century

Roundel with Playing at Quintain, Colorless glass, vitreous paint and silver stain, French — Roundel with Playing at Quintain
French
ca. 1500

Armorial tazza, Italian (Venice) or façon de Venise (Venetian-style), Colorless (slightly gray) nonlead glass; blown, pattern-molded, enameled, gilt, Venetian or façon de Venise, or French — Armorial tazza
Italian
French
1499–1514

"History of Navigation" Mural, Jean Dupas French, Glass, paint, gold, silver, palladium leaf — "History of Navigation" Mural
Jean Dupas
Jacques-Charles Champigneulle
1934

Amber Crested Form, Harvey K. Littleton American, Glass — Amber Crested Form
Harvey K. Littleton
1976

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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), and Jane Hayward, eds. 1982. Glass in the Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Museum.

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