Covered Bowl

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Object Name: 
Covered Bowl
Place Made: 
Germany, possibly Dusseldorf
Accession Number: 
2009.3.78
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 14.8 cm, W: 19.4 cm, D: 15 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1700
Web Description: 
This bowl is made of a type of glass known as “gold ruby”. The color is achieved by the interaction of light with particles of gold suspended within it. The costly gilded silver mounts, made by Johannes Brauman II, confirm the prestige of gold ruby glass.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Kunst-und Auktionhaus Dr. Jurgen Fischer, Source
2009-10-23
Color: 
gold ruby glass
Technique: 
cased glass
mold-blowing
assembling
gilding
Material: 
glass
silver
Inscription: 
INT TENTOON STELLING VAN DUDE KUNST / RIJKSMUSEUM AMSTERDAM 1936.
label
: 
on bottom oval red sticker

Description

Primary Description: 
Gold ruby glass, silver; cased, mold-blown, assembled, gilded silver mount. Bowl has wide foot and shallow body with ribbed exterior. Has metal rings around foot and rim with two decorative handles at sides. Rounded cover has flared lip and vertical ribbing rising to a metal handle in the shape of a man with raised arms.

Publications (6)

Chinese Glass snuff Bottles: Foreign Influences on an Indigenous Art Form (2015-03) illustrated, p. 5;
Chinese Glass Snuff Bottles: Foreign Influences on an Indigenous Art Form (2015) illustrated, p. 5 (fig. 4); BIB# 720305
European Glassmaking Techniques in China: Kilian Stumpf's Probable Influence over Liuli (2013-03) illustrated, p. 10;
The Corning Museum of Glass: Notable Acquisitions 2009 (2010) illustrated, p. 17, #8; BIB# AI79879
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2009 (2010) p. 5; BIB# AI86944
Europasches Glas & Studioglas (2009) illustrated, #54; BIB# 112076