Mauve Realgar

Probably Imperial glassworks, Beijing, 1720-1840
Height:  6.15 cm   
Mouth/lip:  .7/1.65 cm
Stopper: jadeite; gilt-silver collar.

Provenance:
Gumps of San Francisco, June 1994
Hugh Moss (HK)

 

Ruby-red, orange-yellow, orange-brown, reddish mahogany-brown, mauve-grey and brownish-grey glass; of compressed ovoid form with a waisted cylindrical neck, flat lip and flat oval foot, with a few splashes of realgar-glass on a mauve-grey and brownish-grey ground.

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Alexander Whittaker