Almost Emerald

Imperial, probably Palace workshops, 1750-1820
Height: 6.18 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.48/1.85 cm
Stopper: ruby; gilt-silver collar

Provenance:
Beijing Yuanfang, 16 December 2012, lot 230

 

Transparent green beryl suffused with icy flaws; with a narrow mouth, concave lip and recessed, flat, elongated -oval foot surrounded by a protruding, flattened, elongated-oval footrim

Alexander Whittaker