But it’s not the first time the 64-year-old artist has worked with glass. “I am a collector of old ancient artefacts from China. So I have a long history in dealing with old glasses,” Ai says.

Roger Dubuis Crafts $343,000 USD Knights of The Round Table Scene From Glass And Gold: Cracking ground represented with black Murano glass.

A former factory has opened to the public as a museum, marking a legacy of Black Country glassworks. The Stourbridge Glass Museum tells the story of 400 years of glass-making in the West Midlands.