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Communicating vases
    • Setting:
      Room VIII
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Tuscany
    • Date:
      17th cent.
    • Materials:
      glass
    • Dimensions:
      height 195 mm
    • Inventory:
      186
    • Communicating vases (Inv. 186)

The vessels are connected by a thin tube ending in a small cup. Their exact purpose in the Accademia del Cimento's experimentation program has not been established.