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A carved opaque yellow glass bowl Qing dynasty the compressed…
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Melbourne
Date:
29-Oct-2014
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Description:
A carved opaque yellow glass bowl Qing dynasty 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. Provenance: Freeman's Auctioneers, Philadelphia, 17 March 2012, lot 775. Other 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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Category:
Oriental: Zother