Three Chinese Carved Transparent Glass
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18TH/19TH CENTURY

清中期寶石紅料花鳥紋碗、卷蓮紋洗及琥珀料花卉紋碗
comprising two bowls, one of honey-toned amber, the other ruby red, each having a recessed base rising to deep sides culminating in a lipped mouth rim, carved to the exterior with a frieze of birds and flowers; and one large brushwasher, the glass of bright ruby tone, the low walls supported by a sectioned foot, and narrowing before an everted mouth rim, finely carved with dense lotus scrolls.

Diameter of largest 9 in., 22.9 cm.

Property from the Halim Time & Glass Museum, Evanston, Illinois

The ruby bowl:

Ex. Ina & Sandford Gadient Collection

Illustrated: Treasures of Chinese Glass Work Shops. Asiantiques, 1997, cat. no. 19.

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve 本拍品不設底價

Orange bowl with firing bubble throughout, some surface wear; red shallow basin bubble and chips to base; red bowl in good condition

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.

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Property from the Halim Time & Glass Museum: Sold Without Reserve

Three Chinese Carved Transparent Glass Vessels

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