Smith & Singer
275

A carved opaque yellow glass bowl Qing dynasty

Estimate $10,000 – $15,000

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the compressed globular body rising to the slightly tapering wide mouth, the sides carved in relief with two scaly dragons confronted on a flaming pearl among scrolling clouds, all above a band of rocks and crested waves around the flat base, the mouth encircled with a narrow band of lappets below key-fret borders, fitted box
20 cm diameter

  • Lot Sold $10,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $12,200 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Freeman's Auctioneers, Philadelphia, 17 March 2012, lot 775

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Catalogue Notes

Compare with a similar bowl dated to the 18th/19th century, Treasures from the Shorenstein Collection, sold Christie's Hong Kong, 1 December 2010, lot 2933; published by C.F. Shangraw and C. Brown, A Chorus of Colors: Chinese Glass from Three American Collections, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1995, no. 86

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Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design

AU0791  |  29 Oct 2014  |  Melbourne
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