An Unusual Chinese Five Color Overlay Transparent Green Gourd-Form Vase and Cover

18TH-19TH CENTURY

清中期蘋果綠地套五色料福祿萬代葫蘆瓶
the body and conforming cover worked of an opaque white tone to a double gourd form, the lower globular lobe tapering to a narrow waist, all covered in a layer of transparent green, further carved to an overlay of five colors with flowerheads, bats, and small gourds borne from leafy vines.

Height 8 3/4 in., 22.2 cm.

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

Ex. Ina & Sandford Gadient Collection no. 204

Published: Emily Byrne Curtis, ed. Pure Brightness Shines Everywhere: The Glass of China. Ashgate, 2004, cat. no. 10.14.

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

In overall very good and stable condition, with minor surface imperfections inherent to nature of fabrication.

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An Unusual Chinese Five Color Overlay Transparent Green Gourd-Form Vase and Cover

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