. Glass. ENAMELLED VENETIAN GLASS fifteenth century. To him indeed the introduction, or atleast the perfection, of the process of enamelling on glassis generally attributed. In the British Museum (Slade, 363) is another CoppaNuziale, on which the style of the decoration closelyfollows that of the Berovieri cup. We have the samedeep blue ground and the same treatment of the solidopaque enamels; the bowl, however, in this case iscylindrical. On one side we see a Cupid seated on atwo-headed swan, conducting a triumphal car; on theother, Venus enthroned in another car is preceded by afigure—presum
. Glass. ENAMELLED VENETIAN GLASS fifteenth century. To him indeed the introduction, or atleast the perfection, of the process of enamelling on glassis generally attributed. In the British Museum (Slade, 363) is another CoppaNuziale, on which the style of the decoration closelyfollows that of the Berovieri cup. We have the samedeep blue ground and the same treatment of the solidopaque enamels; the bowl, however, in this case iscylindrical. On one side we see a Cupid seated on atwo-headed swan, conducting a triumphal car; on theother, Venus enthroned in another car is preceded by afigure—presumably Hymen—bearing a torch ; in fronta centaur is grasping the hand of a man in full ^ The bright green enamel by which on these cups thegrass and the conventional trees are rendered, is perhapsthe most characteristic colour of this qiiattro-cento also on the wide-spreading foot the manner inwhich the gold is applied : in the use of this metal, if innothing else, the Venetians surpas
Size: 1024px × 2441px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublisherlondonmethuenandco
