Two Chinese Ruby-Red Overlay Snowflake Ground Glass Vessels

19TH CENTURY

清中期雪霏地套寶石紅料喜上眉梢賞瓶及仕女嬰戲圖筆筒
the first a cylindrical brushpot, the crystalline body decorated with a crimson overlay carved with a continuous scene of children at play in a landscape; the second a baluster vase having a compressed shield-form body risen above a splaying lipped foot, decorated with magpies perched in a network of prunus overlay of deep ruby red above a band of petal lappets.

Height of taller 7 1/2 in., 19 cm.

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

The bottle vase:

Ex. Ina & Sandford Gadient Collection

Illustrated: Chinese Qing Dynasty Glass Treasures: A Selection from the Gadient Collection, Vol. III. Asiantiques, 2011, cat. no. 54.

The brushpot:

Ex. Ina & Sandford Gadient Collection

Illustrated: Chinese Qing Dynasty Glass Treasures: A Selection from the Gadient Collection, Vol. III. Asiantiques, 2011, cat. no. 52.

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

Each in overall good stable condition, with some minor surface scratches and shelfwear.

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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

Two Chinese Ruby-Red Overlay Snowflake Ground Glass Vessels

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