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Description
Primary Description:
Transparent light blue glass; blown. Container in the form of a bird; long narrow beak inclined upwards; head and neck are represented by single tubular element which merges with plump, stylized body; long, tapering tail.
Exhibitions (1)

Glass of the Caesars
Venue(s)
British Museum 1987-11-18 through 1988-03-06
Romisch-Germanisches Museum 1988-04-15 through 1988-10-18
Musei Capitolini 1988-11-03 through 1989-01-31
Corning Museum of Glass
Publications (20)
Ancient and Islamic Glass: Selections from the Corning Museum of Glass (2019)
illustrated, p. 58;
The Boundaries of Art and Social Space in Rome: the Caged Bird and Other Art Forms (2016)
illustrated, p. 106 (fig. 5.2);
BIB# 144268
Beauty of the Beasts (2004-11-14)
illustrated, p. 1E;
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001)
illustrated, p. 27;
BIB# 68214
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999)
illustrated, p. 5;
BIB# 63967
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: 32 Ready-to-Mail Full-Color Postcards (1998)
illustrated, #3;
BIB# 61155
Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One (1997)
pp. 120-121, #187; p. 67, ill.; p. 342, #187;
BIB# 58895
Cosmesi e Archeologic Riccioli Trucco e Belletto (1991)
p. 58;