Turquoise Garden

Probably Beijing, 1720-1850
Height: 4.83 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.72/1.50 cm
Stopper: tourmaline; gilt-silver collar

Provenance:
Acquired in December 2011

 

Opaque and partly translucent turquoise-green glass with some streaking; with a flat lip and recessed flat, oval foot surrounded by a protruding flat, oval foot rim; carved with a continuous garden scene with a crane flying above chrysanthemums, bamboo, lingzhi, and a flowering prunus tree.

Alexander Whittaker