Clear and blue glass bowl on foot
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- Origin
- Venice
- Period
- C. 1500
- Material
- Clear glass, Blue glass
- Dimensions
- 18.7 cm
- Diameter
- 32.2 cm
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Description
The shaped bowl has a raised mouth rim that is accentuated with a blue glass line, repated on the splayed foot.
During the Renaissance, Venetian glassmakers, working on the island of Murano, were celebrated across Europe for their fine and sparkling work. Called “cristallo” emulating the clarity of rock crystal, in the hands of the most skilled glassblowers the medium could be delightfully manipulated, variously stretched paper-thin flat, or playfully twisted, or blown into molds with spectacular patterns.