Roman-style bowl with clear and multicolored band decoration

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Though Venetian glassmakers imitated ancient forms and techniques, the visual effects could appear strikingly modern. The scalloped edge on this bowl has been created by pulling the glass with pincers while it is in a hot molten state. The resulting shape, however, looks like a cool splash of water. This bowl is a revival of a Roman luxury glass type.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art