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

Creator: Unknown

Date: 1700-1900, Qing dynasty

Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

Object ID:Ea6987