Red Dragon Vase
Manufacturer
Artisti Barovier
(Italian, 1884 - 1919)
Manufacturer
Fratelli Toso
(Italian, 1854 - 1902)
CultureItalian
Date1900-1914
MediumBlown and applied glass
Dimensions14 in. (35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Marjorie Reed Gordon
Object number2022.21.3
Not on view
DescriptionBurgundy-red with traces of hot-applied gold leaf. Optic mold-blown honeycomb pattern, stretches long at the neck; baloton techique (gold leaf in lattice effect). Globular body with long neck, flaring at rim. Two dragons of colorless glass with gold leaf perch on vessel shoulders and face outwards; wings back, trails wraps around lower neck.Exhibition History"Fantastic Creatures of the Venetian Lagoon: Glass 1875-1915," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, February 23, 2024 — August 18, 2024.Published ReferencesIllustrated in Sheldon Barr’s Venetian Glass: Confections in Glass, 1855-1914, Harry Abrams Inc., New York, 1998, page 45.
