I.39
Wide-mouthed Dragon

Translucent glass with some paler internal swirling; with a flat lip and slightly concave foot; carved on each main side with the character long 龍 (‘dragon’) in seal script made up of three kui 夔 dragons, two of them, in the right-hand element of the character, sharing a single body
Palace workshops, Beijing, 1740–1840
Height: 4.4 cm
Mouth/lip: 1.08/1.52 cm
Stopper: coral, carved with a coiled chi dragon

Provenance:
Hei Guanyu 黑冠宇, October 2005
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd