Description:

Records of the imperial workshops describe objects made in a number of different shades of green glass: “green, transparent green, bean green, jadeite green”.

Glass
Height: 17.9 cm, diameter: 10.0 cm, neck diameter: 3.9 cm
Four-character mark of Qianlong period (1736-1795)

Chinese Description:

玻璃瓶 中国，清乾隆朝(1736-1795) 清宫档案记述玻璃厂曾制作深浅不一的绿色玻璃器皿，分别名为绿、映青、豆青、碧绿。这件制品也许是其中之一。 刻有「乾隆年制」四字 玻璃

Creator: Unknown

Date: Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

Object ID:N4581