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Alabastron of core-formed glass. Eastern Mediterranean or South Italian, mid-4th to early 3rd century BCE. Alabastra were small vessels used to hold oil, especially perfume or massage oils. The name alabastron originates from the Egyptian practice of making these vessels from alabaster stone.
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-1, Case 1.
Object number 71.6741.
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Rhyton of blown clear greenish glass. Roman, 4th cenury CE.
This image depicts a Roman glass rhyton shaped like a snail, a type of drinking vessel from the Roman period. Rhytons were utilized for pouring libations and for drinking, often modeled after versions made of metal or earthenware.
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-1, Case 2.
Object number 71.6794.
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Krater or Chalice of blown clear greenish glass. Roman Empire Calyx (Goblet), 1st-3rd century CE. Blown glass with hot applications.
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Ribbed Bowl, ca. 50 B.C.E.–50 C.E. Roman, Eastern Mediterranean. Slumped glass.
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-1, Case 1
Ancient Mediterranean Art.
Object number 71.6787.
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Covered Teapot. Worcester Porcelain Company, England, ca. 1770. Fluted teapot decorated with the "Scarlet Japan Pattern."
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 5.
Object number 95.10.8.
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Shell-Form Pickle or Sweetmeat Stand. Worcester Porcelain Company, England, ca. 1775.
This is a Worcester shell-form pickle or sweetmeat stand. It is formed by three tiers of three graduated and fluted scallop shell-shaped dishes surmounted by a similarly fluted bowl with a scalloped and barbed rim, all supported around a central core applied with a mass of naturalistically moulded and gilt-heightened small shells, iron-red coral, and green moss rising from a similarly applied triangular base.
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 6.
Object number L2005.10.260.
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Shell-Form Pickle or Sweetmeat Stand. Worcester Porcelain Company, England, ca. 1775.
This is a Worcester shell-form pickle or sweetmeat stand. It is formed by three tiers of three graduated and fluted scallop shell-shaped dishes surmounted by a similarly fluted bowl with a scalloped and barbed rim, all supported around a central core applied with a mass of naturalistically moulded and gilt-heightened small shells, iron-red coral, and green moss rising from a similarly applied triangular base.
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 6.
Object numbeL2005.10.260.
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Teapot and Cover. Worcester Porcelain Company, England, ca. 1770-1772.
This is a 'The Milkmaids' Pattern Spherical Teapot (A) and Cover (B). Printed in black on one side with a scene by Robert Hancock after an engraving by James Ross or Robert Sayer.
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 2.
Object number L2005.10.102.
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Soup Plate, “Kangxi” Famille-Verte Pattern. Worcester Porcelain Company, England, ca. 1778-1780. This is a Worcester octagonal soup plate painted after a Kangxi famille-vert original with a Chinese pheasant in flight above another perched on a fence.
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 3.
Object number L2005.10.149.
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Serving Dish, “Dragon in Compartments” Pattern. Worcester Porcelain Company, England, ca.1760-1770. Square serving dish with gold rim and fluted sides.
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 3.
Object numberL80.258.25A
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Oval Tureen Stand, “Chinese Garden” Pattern. Large Cabbage Leaf Dish. Worcester Porcelain Company, England, ca. 1755-1758. This is a 'Chinese Garden' Pattern Oval Tureen Stand. Painted with four Chinese figures beneath a prunus tree in a garden with a bird flitting above a fence at the left and a pavilion at the right,
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 4.
Object number L2005.10.3.
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