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One of a pair of bowls
Description:
The imperial household records for the Qianlong period (1736-1795) list many pairs of glass bowls and dishes. The pair of this bowl is N4709.
Glass, carved in relief
Height: 7.3 cm, diameter: 16.2 cm
Four-character mark of Qianlong (1736-1795) in a double-outlined square
Chinese Description:
玻璃碗一对 中国，清乾隆朝(1736-1795) 清宫档案曾纪录乾隆年间制作了不少成双成对的玻璃碗碟。 双方框内刻有「乾隆年制」四字 玻璃，浮雕Creator: Unknown
Date: Qianlong reign period (1736-1795)
Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Object ID:N4708
Bowl with lid
Description:
This bowl with lid was probably used for tea. Because this kind of glass imitates white jade it is sometimes known as ‘poor man’s jade’.
Glass
Base height: 6.0 cm, base diameter: 11.3 cm, lid height: 3.5 cm, lid diameter: 8.8 cm, combined height: 8.6 cm
Chinese Description:
盖碗 中国，清朝，约 1830-1900 这类盖碗大抵用于饮茶。而其材质模仿白玉，更被喻为贫士玉。 玻璃Creator: Unknown
Date: 1830-1900, Qing dynasty
Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Object ID:N4692A&B
One of a pair of bowls
Description:
This pink bowl may originally have been used for holding hot tea, in which case it probably had a lid. It imitates the shape of porcelain bowls. The pair of this bowl is N4628.
Glass
Height: 5.5 cm, diameter: 10.9 cm
Chinese Description:
玻璃碗一对 中国，清代，约1800-1830 这对粉红玻璃碗或用以盛热茶，故配上碗盖，显见其形制乃取材于瓷碗的。 玻璃Creator: Unknown
Date: 1800-1830, Qing dynasty
Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Object ID:N4629
One of a pair of bowls
Description:
This pink bowl may originally have been used for holding hot tea, in which case it probably had a lid. It imitates the shape of porcelain bowls. The pair of this bowl is N4629.
Glass
Height: 5.2 cm, diameter: 11.0 cm
Chinese Description:
玻璃碗一对 中国，清代，约1800-1830 这对粉红玻璃碗或用以盛热茶，故配上碗盖，显见其形制乃取材于瓷碗的。 玻璃Creator: Unknown
Date: 1800-1830, Qing dynasty
Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Object ID:N4628
Bowl with lid
Description:
A bowl with a lid like this could have been used for food or drink, especially tea. Tea drinking has been an important part of everyday life for people throughout Chinese society since the Song dynasty (960-1279). The lid would have helped to retain the heat and encourage the tea leaves to sink to the bottom of the cup.
Glass
Base height: 5.9 cm, diameter: 11.3 cm, lid height: 3.2 cm, lid diameter: 9.9 cm, combined height: 8.2 cm
Chinese Description:
盖碗 中国，清朝，约 1800-1830 这类盖碗可盛载食物，又或如茶等饮料。自宋代(960-1279) 以降，饮茶已成为中国人日常生活的一部份。碗盖可保持茶汤的温度令茶叶沉底。 玻璃Creator: Unknown
Date: 1800-1830, Qing dynasty
Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Object ID:N4627A&B
Bowl
Description:
Each panel on this bowl contains a lucky combination of symbols.
1. A long-tailed bird symbolises long life and bamboo stands for a virtuous scholar.
2. An eagle on a rock stands for a heroic warrior ready to do battle. A pine tree is a symbol of long life.
3. Orchids and rocks together symbolise the perfect man.
4. Two sparrows on branches of flowering prunus tree symbolise happiness and generations of children.
Glass, carved in relief
Height: 7.0 cm, diameter: 16.5 cm
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1700-1900, Qing dynasty
Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Object ID:N4646
Bowl
Description:
Egrets (a type of bird like a heron) are shown here with sprays of lotus flowers. The white feathers of egrets do not become stained even when they dive in the muddy waters where lotuses thrive. In China egrets shown with lotuses became symbols for government officials who are not corrupted by their surroundings.
Glass, carved in relief
Height: 6.1 cm, diameter: 11.7 cm
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1770-1830, Qing dynasty
Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Object ID:N4645
Bowl
Description:
Glass
Height: 6.3 cm, diameter: 11.7 cm
Chinese Description:
玻璃杯 中国，清代，约1800-1900 这玻璃杯颜色润白仿如玉石。 玻璃Creator: Unknown
Date: 1830-1900, Qing dynasty
Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Object ID:N4702
Bowl and cover
Description:
This covered bowl is made to look like jade (jadeite). People associated jade with health and long life so they liked to have jade-like vessels for eating and drinking. It was easier and cheaper to mould a shape like this in glass rather than carve it in jade but it still required great skill.
Glass
Base height: 6.0 cm, base diameter: 10.8 cm, lid height: 3.5 cm, lid diameter: 8.8 cm, combined height: 8.6 cm
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1830-1900, Qing dynasty
Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Object ID:N4691A&B
One of a pair of bowls
Description:
Peony flowers, like the ones on these bowls, are often shown in Chinese art with long-tailed birds such as these mythical phoenixes. Here peonies stand for female beauty, whilst phoenixes stand for peaceful times and virtue.
An ancient legend goes that the phoenix is the king of birds and the peony flower, the king of flowers. A combination of the two means wealth and rank, a bright prospect, and happiness.
Glass, carved in relief
Height: 9.0 cm, diameter: 20.4 cm
Four-character mark of Qianlong reign (1736-1795), but later in date
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1800-1900, Qing dynasty
Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Object ID:N4614
