A CHINESE CARVED RUBY-RED GLASS BEAKER 18TH/19TH CENTURY The transparent barrel-shaped body...

A CHINESE CARVED RUBY-RED GLASS BEAKER

18TH/19TH CENTURY

The transparent barrel-shaped body carved in low relief with archaistic dragons, the sides decorated with a pair of large taotie mask handles, with a band of raised bosses to the mouth and lappets around the base, 10.3cm.

Cf. C F Shangraw, D Rabiner and C Brown, A Chorus of Colors: Chinese Glass from Three American Collections, pp.108-9, no.83 for a similar cup in the collection of Alan E Feen.