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Bird Vessel

Date 1st to 3rd century
Dimensions H. 6.7 cm, L. 13.5 cm
Accession Number 66.1.223 (CMOG)
Credit The Corning Museum of Glass (Cat. 187), formerly in the Sangiorgi Collection.
Video Type full
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The elegant, much-published Roman-period vessels in the form of birds were made by furnace glassblowing to form the body and neck, followed by flameworking to make and complete the head. The video shows both processes.

Video 26 The elegant, much-published Roman-period vessels in the form of birds were made by furnace glassblowing to form the body and neck, followed by flameworking to make and complete the head. The video shows both processes.
Video 26 The elegant, much-published Roman-period vessels in the form of birds were made by furnace glassblowing to form the body and neck, followed by flameworking to make and complete the head. The video shows both processes.
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