<img width="640" height="408" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/48939__b.jpeg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Free-blown glass vase with pale blue, purple, and gold-toned iridescent body, its shape is a depressed sphere with a squarish opening that has a turned-down rim. Three irregular thick ribs line the sides diminishing to points at the base." loading="lazy" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/48939__b.jpeg 1024w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/48939__b-300x191.jpeg 300w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/48939__b-170x108.jpeg 170w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="41692" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2022/01/21/year-of-glass-imitating-the-ancient/48939__b/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/48939__b.jpeg" data-orig-size="1024,653" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"Demian Cacciolo","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"The Smithsonian continues to research information on its collections. Contact Smithsonian for current status.","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="48939__b" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/48939__b-300x191.jpeg" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/48939__b.jpeg" /><p>Start the 2022 Year of Glass with a modern glassmaker inspired by ancient Roman models.</p><p>The post <a href="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2022/01/21/year-of-glass-imitating-the-ancient/">Year of Glass: Imitating the Ancient</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.cooperhewitt.org">Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum</a>.</p>
