Palace Yellow

Imperial glassworks, Beijing, 1696-1750
Height: 5.17 cm
Mouth/lip: 1.2/1.65 cm
Stopper: glass, carved with a coiled chi dragon; glass collar

Provenance:
Wang Ning, Beijing, 2004
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd

 

Translucent yellow glass; of compressed pear shape with a flared neck, flat lip, wide mouth and protruding, flat, oval foot.

Alexander Whittaker