Vermillion Serpentine

1740-1880
Height: 6.74 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.90/2.56 cm
Stopper: turquoise glass carved as a coiled chi dragon; gilt-silver collar

Provenance:
Hartman Rare Art, New York, March 2013
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd

 

Translucent vermillion-brown and greyish-green serpentine; with a flat lip and recessed flat, oval foot