Description:

This piece marks an early attempt at carving glass with layers of different colours (carved overlay). Unlike later examples, the top layer here is not carved all the way through to the lower layer. There is a very similar jar in the Palace Museum in Beijing with a Qianlong period reign-mark (1736-1795).

Glass, carved overlay
Height: 15.1 cm, diameter: 11.5 cm, neck diameter: 5.1 cm
Four-character mark of Yongzheng reign (1723-1735)

Chinese Description:

罐 中国，清雍正朝 (1723-1735) 这件玻璃器皿代表早期套料雕饰技术的尝试。与后期的出品不同，其表层的玻璃并没有雕刻至底层，以显示不同的层次。在北京故宫博物馆也有一件相类的套料玻璃罐。 刻有「雍正年制」四字 玻璃，套料雕饰

Creator: Unknown

Date: Yongzheng reign period (1723-1735)

Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

Object ID:N4685