Daoist Facets
Attributed to the Imperial glassworks, Beijing, 1700-1800
Height: 7.35 cm
Mouth/lip: .53/1.14 cm
Stopper: silver chased as a formalized chrysanthemum bloom with integral finial set with an aquamarine-blue semi-precious stone
Provenance:
Gayle Laverlochere, Paris. May 2011
Robert Hall, May 2011
Ruby-red, orange-yellow and yellow-ochre glass (of the variety known as ‘realgar glass’); with a flat lip and flat hexagonal foot; the elongated pear shape faceted overall with four, five and six sided panels.
