34.2.559 White Palace Glass Column Translucent pure white glass; of cylindrical form with a cylindrical neck, wide mouth, slightly concave lip and recessed, flat circular foot surrounded by a protruding, flat, circular footrim Probably Imperial, attributed to the Palace glassworks, Beijing, 1730-1800 Height: 7.91 cm Mouth/lip: .75/1.11 cm Stopper: glass, glass finial, glass collar Provenance: The Lin Collection Universal, Taipei, October 2002 Cylindrical forms are rare in materials other than porcelain from the mid- to late-Qing dynasty, and this is a rare example in what must surely be Palace glass, judging by the material, with its pure, dense white colour, the quality of the carving and, particularly, the wide mouth and slightly concave lip which are typical of a range of faceted glass forms from the Court during the eighteenth century. It may have been such early bottles as this that inspired the ceramic forms of the mid-Qing period.