Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2022.

Dragon Center Bowl

Artist Salviati Dott. Antonio (Italian, 1877 - 1890)

CultureItalian

Dateca. 1890

MediumBlown and applied glass

Dimensions14 × 8 in. (35.6 × 20.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Marjorie Reed Gordon

Object number2022.21.31

On View

On view

DescriptionColorless glass. Wide, shallow bowl with everted wavy rim; optic moldblown net-like pattern on bowl and foot. Six raspberry prunts below rim. Stem formed by four ribbed knops, with traces of hot-applied gold leaf. Two dragons facing outwards on opposite sides of the bowl.
Exhibition History"Fantastic Creatures of the Venetian Lagoon: Glass 1875-1915," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, February 23, 2024 — August 18, 2024.