A tazza (, ; ) is a wide but shallow saucer-like dish either mounted on a stem and foot or on a foot alone. The word has been generally adopted by
archaeologist
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s and
connoisseurs for this type of vessel,
used either for drinking, serving small items of food, or just for display. Tazze are most commonly made in metal, glass, or ceramics, but may be made of other materials.
The
Farnese Tazza is a 2nd-century BC
cameo cup of
Hellenistic Egypt in four-layered
sardonyx agate. It is in the
Naples National Archaeological Museum (Inv. MANN 27611), and is wide.
The shape and the name are sometimes adopted for reference to very large sculptured objects, especially ones used for fountains. The colossal tazza in the
Linda Hall Library,
Kansas City, Missouri
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, is one of the largest pieces of
malachite in North America. It was presented by Czar
Nicholas II to
August Heckscher in 1910 and given to the Linda Hall Library in 1972 by Mrs. Helen Spencer. It is the focal point at the center of the main reading room of the library.
Vitellius tazza MET DP324301 (cropped).jpg, Aldobrandini Tazza of the Roman emperor Vitellius, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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, New York, c. 1590s
References
External links
Linda Hall Library
Drinkware
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