Bottle with stopper
During the Renaissance Europeans prized cristallo for its transparency and delicacy. Thinly blown, this tall and elegant bottle recaptures the effects of early Venetian forms. Threads of colored glass provide structure to a vessel that otherwise appears weightless.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bottle with stopper
- Date: ca. 1860–80
- Culture: Italian, Venice (Murano)
- Medium: Glass
- Dimensions: Height (with stopper): 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of James Jackson Jarves, 1881
- Object Number: 81.8.283a, b
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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