Bowl
Venezia-Murano Company
ca. 1875–78 · Glass, mosaic · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
This ribbed bowl was made by fusing cross-sections of glass cane (murrine) into a sheet and forming it with a mold, a revived ancient technique called mosaic glass. Seven tiny faces surround a tulip-like flower at the center of each of the twenty-nine murrine.
- Artist
- Venezia-Murano Company
- Date
- ca. 1875–78
- Medium
- Glass, mosaic
- Culture
- Italian, Venice (Murano)
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Fletcher Fund, 1925
