Description:

Vases like this had a decorative use, for example they might be used to decorate the desks of scholars. This vase and its pair, N4654, is carved with scenes from ‘The Romance of the Three Kingdoms’, a popular Chinese drama. The top layer of red glass has been worked in a way that makes the scene look three-dimensional.

Glass, carved in relief
Height: 30.1 cm, diameter: 15.0 cm, neck diameter: 6.0 cm
Four-character mark of Qianlong reign period (1736-1795) in a single thick square, but later in date

Creator: Unknown

Date: 1800-1900, Qing dynasty

Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

Object ID:N4655