# Vase

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## Artwork

- Artist: [UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, Italian](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-goldsmith-italian-r6f3ba2c423700e>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Cut rock crystal, 12 x 35 x 21 cm

## Commentary

This vase is one of the numerous exemplars of vases in rock crystals, a material preferred by collectors of the sixteenth century and much appreciated for its clear transparency. It was probably produced in the Grand Ducal Workshops in Florence by expert hard stone cutters from Milan.

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- [Cross of Desiderius \(front\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-goldsmith-italian-r6f3ba2c423700e/cross-of-desiderius-front-rc4c2fe5720fc57>)
- [Cross of Desiderius \(front\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-goldsmith-italian-r6f3ba2c423700e/cross-of-desiderius-front-rf3cb56d021dc67>)
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- [Cup](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-goldsmith-italian-r6f3ba2c423700e/cup-rc170005315fd1d>)
- [Cup](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-goldsmith-italian-r6f3ba2c423700e/cup-rc5ce43ab08c0ca>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)