Description:

Eight-sided vases like this were made in the imperial workshops for about two hundred years. The records of the Palace workshops regularly mention glass made in transparent red.

Glass, mould-blown, facet-cut
Height: 14.2 cm, diameter: 8.1 cm, neck diameter: 2.6 cm
Four-character mark of Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

Chinese Description:

花瓶 中国，清朝，约1736-1750 清宫玻璃厂制造这类八角瓶，已达二百多年之久。内廷记录经常提到用｢透明的红玻璃｣做成的制品。 玻璃，模铸吹制，轮刻 刻有｢乾隆年制｣四字

Creator: Unknown

Date: 1736-1750, Qing dynasty

Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

Object ID:N4531