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This small dish was probably a saucer for a handleless cup, part of a larger tea set. Its green opalescent glass might have been meant to imitate green jade, a popular medium for luxury objects of this period.
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Title: Dish with Peony
Date: late 17th–early 18th century
Geography: Possibly made in India, Deccan, Golconda
Medium: Glass, opalescent green; blown, shaped with mold, enameled, and gilded
Dimensions:
H. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
Diam. 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchase, Mrs. Stuart Cary Welch Gift, 1987
Object Number: 1987.158
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