Sunset Realgar

Probably Imperial glassworks, Beijing, 1720-1840
Height: 5.18 cm    
Mouth/lip: .59/1.64 cm
Stopper:  glass carved with a coiled chi dragon; gilt-bronze collar

Provenance:
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd.

 

Ruby-red, orange-yellow, and orange-brown glass (of the type known as ‘realgar-glass’); of compressed ovoid form with a cylindrical neck, flat lip, convex foot and flat footrim.

Alexander Whittaker