Goblet, late 16th century
Unknown artist, Netherlandsexpand_more
Glassexpand_more
Gift of Chichi Steiner and Tom Rassieur in memory of Pauline and Ben Rassieurexpand_more 2014.2
On View in Gallery 332expand_more
Tulip-shaped goblets came into fashion in the Netherlands without delay when these flowers were planted there systematically, and became fashionable to a degree that an investment-rally into tulips followed. The so-called Dutch 'Tulip mania' is the first recorded financial bubble documented in economic history—until it burst in 1637. Dutch glassblowers adapted the most sophistical and avant-garde glass techniques known from Murano, such as the white, vertical 'latticinio' threads, which together with the horizontal bulges create a sophisticated an highly abstract scheme.
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- Goblet
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- 2014.2
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