XLVI. PERSIAN GLASS. Tall-necked vase of colourless glass; body shaped in a mould; _appliqué_ stringings on foot. Taken from a tomb at Baku. Vincent Robinson collection. (_To face p. 338._) XLVII. PERSIAN GLASS. Victoria and Albert Museum. Seventeenth or eighteenth century. (1) Tall-necked, pear-shaped vase, the surface spirally ribbed, of deep blue transparent glass. (H. 11 in.) (2) Cruet-shaped vase of clear white glass. (H. 9 in.) From the Richard collection. (3) Perfume sprinkler, with curved neck and barnacle-shaped lip. Blue transparent glass, the surface spirally ribbed. (H. 12 in.) (_To face p. 340._) XLVIII. INDIAN GLASS. Indian Museum. Vase or basin with wide-spreading lip. (H. 5-3/4 in.) Milky, semi-transparent glass; the ground gilt, surrounding white flowers, with pistils of red enamel. _Provenance_ unknown. (Delhi district?) (_To face p. 343._) XLIX. CHINESE GLASS. Victoria and Albert Museum. (1) Bowl of mottled green glass with purple markings, imitating jade. (H. 2-7/8 in.) Eighteenth century. From the Bernal collection. (2) Spindle-shaped vase of orange, ‘tortoise-shell’ glass. (H. 7-1/2 in.) The stopper of silver, inlaid with Chinese characters; the base European. (3) Small tripod vase of mottled yellow glass, in form of incense-burner. (H. 3-3/4 in.) Eighteenth century. (_To face p. 350._) SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS ON GLASS AGRICOLA (GEORG): _De Re Metallica_ (last chapter of work). Basle, 1556. APPERT (L.) ET HENRIVAUX: _Verre et Verrerie_. Paris, 1894. APPERT (L.): _Notes sur les verres des Vitraux Anciens_. Paris, 1896. BAPST (A.): _Chinesische Glasarbeiten; Zeitschrift für Bildende Kunst_, 1885. BATE (PERCY): _English Table-Glass_. No date. (1904?) BIRINGUCCIO (V.): _De la Pirotechnia_. Venice, 1540. BLANCOURT (HAUDICQUER DE): _L’Art de la Verrerie_. Paris, 1697. BONTEMPS (G.):— _Guide du Verrier_. Paris, 1868. _Exposé des moyens employés pour la fabrication des Verres Filigranés_. 1845. BORDONI: _L’Arte Vetraria in Altare_. Savona, 1884. BOSC D’ANTIC (P.): _Mémoires sur l’Art de la Verrerie_. Paris, 1780. BOUTELLIER (L’ABBÉ): _Histoire des Gentilshommes Verriers de Nevers_. BRENT (JOHN): ‘On Chevron Beads.’ _Archæologia_, vol. xlv. BRINCKMANN (JUSTUS): Various Catalogues, etc., of the Hamburg Museum. BUCHER (B.): _Die Glassammlung des K.K. Oesterreich. Museum_. Vienna, 1888. BUSHELL (S. W.):— _Oriental Ceramic Art_. New York, 1899. _Chinese Art_, vol. ii. (South Kensington Art Handbooks). 1906.