Leaf-Shaped Dragon Compote
Artist
Salviati Dott. Antonio
(Italian, 1877 - 1890)
CultureItalian
Dateca. 1895-1914
MediumBlown and applied glass
Dimensions14 in. (35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Marjorie Reed Gordon
Object number2022.21.22
Not on view
DescriptionLeaf-shaped bowl of pale pink glass with traces of hot-applied gold leaf; dragon of colorless glass with traces of hot-applied gold leaf perches on leaf stem and faces inwards, wings back. Stem composed of ribbed baluster section resting on cluster of pink balls (to resemble grapes?). Colorless glass foot has optic mold-blowm ribbed patterning and rolled edge.Exhibition History"Fantastic Creatures of the Venetian Lagoon: Glass 1875-1915," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, February 23, 2024 — August 18, 2024.
