Clear as Crystal, Red as Flame: Later Chinese Glass
澄如水晶红如火：中国晚期玻璃器

This comprehensive exhibition brought together sixty-nine Chinese glass objects produced from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries during the Yuan (1279–1368) and Qing (1644–1911) dynasties. Although Chinese people have used glass since ancient times, glass flourished under the influence of imperial patronage and technology introduced by European glassmakers during the Qing dynasty. The Chinese combined Western technology and native Chinese art forms in the production of glassware; they explored a variety of decorative techniques, including the improvement of clarity and the creation of vivid imitations of jade, turquoise, porcelain, and other precious materials.