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

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Lot 517

Four Chinese Polychrome Overlay Glass Articles

Lot 517

Four Chinese Polychrome Overlay Glass Articles

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Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Estimate$3,000 – $5,000

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Four Chinese Polychrome Overlay Glass Articles

18TH-19TH CENTURY

清中期藍地套金星玻璃三足爐、藍地套紅白料花鳥紋賞瓶、白地套藍料雙耳小水丞及白地套五彩料荷塘圖賞瓶
the first example having a compressed bulbous body of opaque white glass raised above a slightly splayed foot, and flanked by mock mask handles, overlaid to each side with red and blue carved to show chilong and cloud wisps. The second a hu form example of cobalt blue, with applied animal mask handles suspending mock rings in opaque white, overlaid in duochrome red and white with floral sprays. The third of slender form, with a body of translucent white glass overlaid four colors to show lotus blossoms above a rocky band at the base, flanked to either side with chilong handles. The last an unusual petite tripod censer with a stout globular body raised above rounded tripod legs. The body of opaque blue overlaid in an iridescent aventurine carved with chilongs.

Height of tallest 6 3/4 in., 17.1 cm.

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

White vase with cut neck:

Ex. Ina & Gadient Sandford Collection no. 51 (adhesive label)

Illustrated: Treasures of Chinese Glass Work Shops. Asiantiques, 1997, cat. no. 51.

Multi-colored overlay white glass vase:

Ex. Ina & Gadient Sandford Collection no. 55 (adhesive label)

Illustrated: Treasures of Chinese Glass Work Shops. Asiantiques, 1997, cat. no. 55.

The aventurine overlay opaque blue glass censer:

Ina & Gadient Sandford Collection no. 130 (adhesive label)

Illustrated: Chinese Qing Dynasty Glass Treasures: A Selection from the Gadient Collection. Asiantiques, 2009, cat. no. 20.

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

Please refer to additional photos for condition of each item. The multi-colored overlay white glass vase with some stable fissures and a bruise to the mouth rim.

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Annie Wu

Senior Vice President, Head of Department, Asian Art

anniewu@freemansauction.com 312.447.3260

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.

Flora Zhang

Specialist, Asian Works of Art

florazhang@freemansauction.com 312.447.3290

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

Four Chinese Polychrome Overlay Glass Articles

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