Hanging vase inlaid with glass and fitted with a timepiece, Qing dynasty (1644-1911).

Hanging vase inlaid with glass and fitted with a timepiece, Qing dynasty (1644-1911).

• Image Number: K1D000466N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Miscellaneous objects
• Function: Furnisher
• Material: Minerals/Metals/
• Description:
  Copper tire car bottle, square mouth, thin neck, folding shoulder, folding belly, and cloud head shaped base. The surface of the mouth, body and base is inlaid with transparent, red and green cut glass. The central part of the bottle body is inlaid with a round double needle surface, and the words L’Epine, Horloger du Roy are on it, showing the workshop of Jean Antoine L é pine (1720-1814), a French royal watchmaker. The gold-plated cover plate on the back of the bottle body is engraved with drums, horns, flutes and other western musical instruments and bows. The vase is inserted with metal bodies like living twig flowers, and the petals are inlaid with yellow, blue and red cut glass. The inlaid glass of the bottle body is of different sizes, arranged in an irregular ice crack shape, and the section reflects clear light, with a gorgeous decorative effect.