Description:

This cup is slightly translucent and looks like jade (jadeite). It would have been much cheaper and easier to produce in glass. This colour of glass is known in the west as ‘clair de lune’ (moonlight). In Chinese it is known as ‘moon white’.

Glass
Height: 7.0 cm, width: 8.0 cm

Chinese Description:

仿玉杯 中国，清代，约1700-1900 这杯子颜色温润柔雅仿如硬玉，西方学者将之比喻为「月光」，中国人则名为「月白」。无论如何，以玻璃仿制成硬玉器皿，价格不但相宜，制作亦较简易。 [月白，means moon white]. 玻璃

Creator: Unknown

Date: 1700-1900, Qing dynasty

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Object ID:Ea6987