Monstrous Beauty: Woman with a pipe (MET)

Woman with a Pipe, ca. 1760–80; Reverse-painted crown glass, imitation lacquer frame.

An 18th-century Chinese reverse glass painting in an ornate gold frame depicts a woman in a blue and white fur-trimmed robe, holding a long pipe and a pink silk pouch, with delicate floral details adorning her elaborate hairstyle and a porcelain vase with flowers in the background.

Monstrous Beauty: Woman with a pipe (MET)