Beaker with Cobalt Trailing

Beaker with Cobalt Trailing

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Though clear glass with and without colored trailing is generally associated with the renowned glassmaking workshops of late Medieval Murano, vessels such as this piece suggest that glassmakers north of the Alps were experimenting with the decorative possibilities from a relatively early date.

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Museum's collection of medieval and Byzantine art is among the most comprehensive in the world. Displayed in both The Met Fifth Avenue and in the Museum's branch in northern Manhattan, The Met Cloisters, the collection encompasses the art of the Mediterranean and Europe from the fall of Rome in the fourth century to the beginning of the Renaissance in the early sixteenth century. It also includes pre-medieval European works of art created during the Bronze Age and early Iron Age.