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Bowl
Description:
The surface of this bowl is slightly pitted. This helps us to work out that it was formed in a mould.
Height: 7.7 cm, diameter: 17.1 cm
One of a pair with N4607
Chinese Description:
玻璃碗一对 中国，清朝，约1800-1900 这对玻璃碗的表面凹凸不平，由此可以推断它们乃置于模具内吹制而成的。 玻璃，模铸吹成Creator: Unknown
Date: 1800-1900, Qing dynasty
Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Object ID:N4608
Beaker
Description:
This small beaker has the word ‘China’ scratched on its base. The lender believed it may have come from Shanghai.
Height: 7.8 cm, diameter: 6.1 cm
Creator: Unknown
Date: About 1930
Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Object ID:Loan884
Beaker
Description:
This is a copy of a bronze gu wine beaker. It has a band around the middle like a gu and flares slightly at the top and bottom. The deep colour is made by layering dark blue glass over lighter blue glass.
Glass
Height: 10.3 cm, diameter: 4.2 cm, base diameter: 3.5 cm
Chinese Description:
玻璃觚 中国，清朝，约1700-1800 这玻璃觚取材于古代盛酒器—青铜觚的设计，中腹有横纹，觚口及底部均呈喇叭状。工匠又在淡蓝玻璃上套上一层深蓝玻璃，使其颜色变化更为丰富。 玻璃Creator: Unknown
Date: 1700-1800, Qing dynasty
Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Object ID:N4545
Snuff bottle
Description:
This was probably made in Boshan, a well-known centre for glass-making in Shandong Province, to the south-west of Beijing. In this area a design of Chinese cabbage means “Love each other for a hundred years”. bai nian hao he. Therefore a snuff bottle like this might make a good wedding present.
Glass, carved overlay
Height: 6.3 cm, width: 3.3 cm, depth: 1.3 cm, neck diameter: 1.6 cm
Chinese Description:
鼻烟壶 中国，清代，约1800-1910 位于北京西南的山东博山市是中国的玻璃工艺中心。这只鼻烟壶大抵出于该地。按当地俗例，白菜纹饰寓意「百年好合」，是一份恰当的结婚贺礼。 玻璃，套料雕刻Creator: Unknown
Date: 1800-1910, Qing dynasty
Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Object ID:E2064
Brush-washer for calligraphy
Description:
This is shaped like a lotus leaf with a lotus flower curling around the outside. Because lotuses grow in water it makes sense to use the plant as a design on a container for water. The lotus is a symbol of purity because it grows pure and fresh out of muddy water.
Buddhists likened lotuses to the Buddha who was born in an imperfect world but rose above it. The lotus is also the symbol of an educated man who follows the philosophy of Confucius.
Glass, carved in relief
Height: 5.5 cm, diameter: 13.0 cm
Chinese Description:
水中丞 中国，清代，约 1700-1800年 这水中丞取形于莲叶，外刻一朵莲花轻靠着叶子，正符合莲花于池塘生长的自然景象。莲花出污泥而不染，寓意品格清高。 玻璃，浮雕Creator: Unknown
Date: 1700-1800, Qing dynasty
Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Object ID:N4561
Snuff bottle
Description:
The Eight Horses of King Mu Wang, painted on the inside of this snuff-bottle, is a famous theme in Chinese art. The King was driven by eight horses to the Western Paradise, the land of immortality ruled by the Queen Mother of the West.
Glass, inside-painted
Height: 6.2 cm, diameter: 3.2 cm, neck diameter: 1.5 cm
Chinese Description:
鼻烟壶 中国，清朝或民国年间，约1900-1950 这鼻烟壶内壁绘画了穆王与其八匹骏马。这是中国艺术着名的主题。传说穆王乘着八匹骏马所拉的马车，直达西王母所管辖的永生乐园—西天。 玻璃，内壁画Creator: Unknown
Date: China, 1900-1950
Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Object ID:E2059
Snuff bottle
Description:
This snuff bottle is decorated with the ‘Hundred Antiques’ design. For educated people the design summed up their enjoyment of antiques and history. They particularly admired antique bronze vessels, shaped like the ones here. Bronze weathers to a dull green so the green layer of glass works well.
Glass, carved overlay
Height: 7.0 cm, width: 4.8 cm, depth: 2.5 cm
Chinese Description:
鼻烟壶 中国，清代，约1800-1900 这只鼻烟壶以「百宝图」作装饰，表达士人对歷史文物的热爱。在各式各样的文物中，士人尤为欣赏形制如百宝图所示的古代青铜器。青铜往往因风化而转成銹绿色，这更与绿色玻璃相映成趣。 玻璃，套料雕刻Creator: Unknown
Date: 1800-1900, Qing dynasty
Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Object ID:N3699
Yellow glass
Description:
Yellow glass
Chinese Description:
玻璃瓶 中国，清乾隆朝 (1736-1795) 黄色是清廷玻璃厂常用的颜色。清瓷别有一种深黄色为朝廷御用，至于清室对玻璃器皿的应用是否如是仍有待更多的研究。 刻有「乾隆年制」四字 玻璃Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Object ID:N4764,4765,4767,4785,4768
