Lot 505
Two Chinese Ruby-Red Overlay Snowflake Ground Glass Vessels
Estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

Sold for $3,438

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
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 
Condition Report
Each in overall good stable condition, with some minor surface scratches and shelfwear.

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