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Fluted vase with dolphins

ca. 1860
Not on view
The rippled edge of this fluted vase and the twisted tails of the dolphins recall the exaggerated forms of baroque glass that caught the eye of King Frederick IV of Denmark when he visited Venice in 1708. This showpiece demonstrates how nineteenth-century glassmakers remastered—and in some cases surpassed—earlier techniques.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Fluted vase with dolphins
  • Maker: Venezia-Murano Company (Italian 1872–1909)
  • Date: ca. 1860
  • Culture: Italian, Venice (Murano)
  • Medium: Glass
  • Dimensions: Height: 20 7/8 in. (53 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Gift of James Jackson Jarves, 1881
  • Object Number: 81.8.214
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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