Description:

Water-pots are one of the writing tools that scholars kept on their desks, along with stones for grinding ink, brush rests and paper-weights. These tools were also status symbols as they showed that their owners were educated. On this water-pot, the craftsman carved through the layer of amber glass to make the design of dragons.

Glass
Height: 4.0 cm, diameter: 6.3 cm, neck diameter: 4.0 cm

Creator: Unknown

Date: China, 1700-1800, Qing dynasty

Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

Object ID:N4624