Dragon and Seahorse Bowl
Artist
Salviati Dott. Antonio
(Italian, 1877 - 1890)
CultureItalian
Dateca. 1890
MediumBlown and applied glass
Dimensions6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Marjorie Reed Gordon
Object number2022.21.38
Not on view
DescriptionSmall bowl with tulip-bulb shape. Colorless-opaline glass at rim merges to pink glass with traces of hot-aaplied gold leaf at the base. Two applied creatured near narrow, scalloped rim: seahourse facing inwards; other winged creature is not the same as the seahourse, and is probably a dragon (curving neck, wings, but strange face).Exhibition History"Fantastic Creatures of the Venetian Lagoon: Glass 1875-1915," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, February 23, 2024 — August 18, 2024.
