Chinese Late Qing Colored Glass Zodiac Ram Figure

Chinese Late Qing Colored Glass Zodiac Ram Figure, Qing Dynasty Late 18th to early 19th century. The ram is modeled in four separate colors of glass, with a black anthropomorphic, robed body with red details, and a yellow and white head with black eyes and horns. The piece belonged to a full set of the figures of the 12 year cycle of the Chinese Zodiac. Such figures were popular since Tang times, when they were first modeled in terracotta. By the late Qing Dynasty in the 19th century, they show up in polychrome glass examples. Such figures are made with truly modern type colored glass which was produced in China in greater quantity by the 18th century. Restored from two big fragments. H. 5 3/8" (13.7 cm)..