Bowl

Spanish, probably Catalonia, façon de Venise

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 199

As they spread throughout Early Modern Europe, Venice’s glassmaking techniques transformed ordinary tableware into a tantalizing variety of sophisticated and textured forms. Made in Spain, this “ice glass” bowl has a cracked surface created through a Venetian method of plunging the hot glass into cold water before blowing it into its final form.

Bowl, Glass; blown, a ghiaccio, applied decoration, Spanish, probably Catalonia, façon de Venise

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Bowl, Glass; blown, a ghiaccio, applied decoration, Spanish, probably Catalonia, façon de Venise
Bowl, Glass; blown, a ghiaccio, applied decoration, Spanish, probably Catalonia, façon de Venise

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