In Shanghai the largest Disney castle made of blown glass. After months exposed broken at museum

Imagine Walt Disney ’s iconic Sleeping Beauty castle made entirely from thirty thousand pieces of blown glass? It had been completed by artist Miguel Arribas and had been kept at the Shanghai Museum of Glass since 2016 following a donation from the artist himself, becoming one of the museum’s most significant works in recent years.

Considered the largest work in the world made of blown glass, the original sculpture is valued at $64,000: executed in five hundred hours of work, in addition to the glass pieces, the work featured a 24-carat gold covering in the spires.

The sculpture suffered serious damage, however, when in May two young visitors to the museum accidentally knocked over the glass case that held the work and part of the sculpture fell, causing it to break.

The museum contacted the artist’s company for the sculpture to be repaired, but as a result of the Coronavirus, Arribas, who lives in the United States, cannot travel to China to restore his work. It therefore still remains broken in the display case.

In Shanghai the largest Disney castle made of blown glass. After months exposed broken at museum

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