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A Peking glass vase
7141 Qianlong four-character mark and of the period
Of spindle shape with a slightly tapered cylindrical neck atop an ovoid
86 | BONHAMS body, all raised atop a slightly recessed base centered by the mark
within a square cartouche, the glass of olive hue with numerous areas
of crizzling, air bubbles and production flaws.
7 1/4in (18.4cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000

For a vase of similar shape in an opaque sky-blue color, also incised
with a four-character mark to the base, see Asian Art Museum of San
Francisco, A Chorus of Color: Chinese Glass from Three American
Collections, 1995, pp. 80-81 and cat. no. 50.

Property from the collection of William J. Lillyman

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A rare orange glass brush washer imitating realgar
18th century
Of compressed globular shape tapering inward toward the wide foot
and shallow recessed base, the swirling changes in color from pale
yellow-orange across the base to dark orange on the interior achieved
by the merging of red and yellow glass that formed the matrix.
5 1/8in (13cm) diameter
$6,000 - 8,000

For a vase of similar striated orange and red color imitating realgar,
incised with a Qianlong mark and of the period, see Claudia Brown
and Donald Rabiner, The Robert H. Clague Collection: Chinese Glass
of the Qing Dynasty, 1987, no. 40, pp. 40-41.

See also the imitation realgar glass brush washer of similar shape
to this lot, where the yellow glass predominates in the color mix,
also 18th century and originally from the Lillyman collection, sold in
Bonhams, Hong Kong, sale 20960, lot 367 (13.8cm diameter). A
second yellow glass brush washer of compressed globular shape
similar to this lot, from the Alan E. Feen collection and also 18th
century, was sold in Bonhams, Hong Kong, sale 18592, 24 November
2010, lot 205 (12.7cm diameter).

Property from Ann A. Kidney, daughter of Drucilla
Clay Ashley, proprietor of D. C. Ashley Antiques,
San Francisco, California

7141
S.W. Bushell, M.D.
Oriental Ceramic Art, Collection of W.T. Walters
Appleton, New York, 1897, first edition, number 14 of limited edition
of 500, with one hundred and sixteen plates in color and over 400
reproductions in black and white.
A complete set in ten folios, each individually bound in original yellow
quarter cloth, the five pairs enclosed in cardboard and green cloth
protective cases stamped with the characters Tao Shuo; illustrating
the collections of Chinese art collected by William Thompson Walters
(1820-1894), now housed in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore,
Maryland; the text written by Stephen Wootton Bushell (1844-1908)
(fading and wear to the cases, toning to paper). [10]
23 x 17 1/4in (58.5 x 44cm) each protective case
$3,000 - 5,000

Set number 92 of this very rare and limited edition of 500 sold in
Bonhams, London, Sale 17859, 11 November 2010, lot 217.