Glass, mottled ochre, yellow and brown colours of ovoid rounded form, the body made to imitate realger, a poisonous material whose name is arsenic sulphide. The Chinese liked its appearance so much that they tried using it for snuff bottles only to discover that they became poisoned, so they copied it perfectly in glass!). Stopper of red lacquered material on a green collar. Chinese, 1730-1800.

Glass, mottled ochre, yellow and brown colours of ovoid rounded form, the body made to imitate realger, a poisonous material whose name is arsenic sulphide. The Chinese liked its appearance so much that they tried using it for snuff bottles only to discover that they became poisoned, so they copied it perfectly in glass!). Stopper of green nephrite on a bronze base. Chinese, 1730-1800.

Glass, of single overlay or ruby red on a snowflake ground carved in a tall and elegant flattened oval shaped vessel with a raised foot rim carved also from the red overlay. Chinese, 1750-1820.

Glass, single red overlay on a bubble suffused ground, the red overlay carved with a mythological scene - a crane delivering a counter (in its beak) to the pavillion in the clouds around which are a dragon, a fish and four bats, the yinyang sun above the waves. Chinese, Beijing, 1780-1820.