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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Blue Cameo Glass Vase
Image View:
Detail, putti harvest grapes while one reclines on a kline
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 13521
Location Note:
Piazza Museo 19
GPS:
40.853378 14.250486
Date:
ca. 10-79 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
vase
Classification:
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Material:
blue and white cameo glass
Technique:
blown glass; carving (processes)
Measurements:
31.7 cm (height) x 6 cm (diameter, at mouth)
Subjects:
music; mythology (Classical); Dionysus (Greek deity); vineyards; putti; grapes
Description:
The vase, decorated with the technique of cameo glass, is shaped like a wine amphora. The body of the vase is illustrated with a grape harvest scene. On one side, immediately below the ribbed handle, a cupid places large bunches into a vat where another cupid, holding a thyrsus clearly in view, is engaged in treading the grapes. Cameo glass is cased glass of two or more layers in contrasting colors. The outer layers are carved, cut, or engraved to produce a design which stands out from the background. Discovered in Pompeii, 1837, near a suburban villa. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania. beniculturali.it/mus eoarcheologiconazion ale)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-BVT-A05
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Blue Cameo Glass Vase