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Double-handle vase
    • Setting:
      Room VIII
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Tuscany
    • Date:
      late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.
    • Materials:
      ice glass
    • Dimensions:
      height 280 mm, diameter 100 mm
    • Inventory:
      341/34
    • Double-handle vase (Inv. 341/34)

This vase has a rounded body with a cylindrical neck, a medium knop, and a round foot. The two curled handles are made of blue glass and decorated with flower-shaped reliefs. The entire body, including the rounded lid, is made of ice glass. This type of glass was introduced into Florentine glassmaking by Venetian craftsmen, particularly Bortolo d'Alvise.