34.3.565 The Meriem Palace Dragons Transparent, dark ruby-red, and bubble-suffused colourless glass; of compressed ovoid form tapering to a cylindrical neck, with a flat lip, wide mouth and naturalistic foot rim made up of elements of the design; carved as a single overlay of red on a colourless ground with a continuous design of two chi dragons, each spewing forth vapour which surrounds them as formalized clouds Attributed to the Palace workshops, Beijing, 1730-1780 Height: 6.29 cm Mouth/lip: .75/1.3 cm Stopper: green quartz; gilt-bronze collar Provenance: Hugh M. Moss Ltd., London. The Meriem Collection Christie’s, New York, 19 September 2007, lot 631 Published: Chinese Art Auction Records, 2008, Antiques, p. 8-6