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Chalice glass
    • Setting:
      Room VIII
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Date:
      17th cent.
    • Materials:
      glass
    • Dimensions:
      height 190 mm, diameter 180 mm
    • Inventory:
      3904
    • Chalice glass (Inv. 3904)

The object is composed of a round foot, a straight, thin stem, and a very wide, shallow cup (called bevante ["for drinking"] by the Murano craftsmen).