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A PAIR OF RUBY RED GLASS BOWLS A YELLOW GLASS BALUSTER VASE A RED OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
Incised Qianlong four-character marks and Qing Dynasty 19th century
probably of the period The bulbous rounded body rising to a short Of compressed rounded form, finely
Each vessel resting on a short rounded flaring neck, the glass of rich egg-yolk yellow. carved in relief with flowering peonies and
foot with concave base incised with a four- 24.5cm (9 5/8in) high chrysanthemums, blossoming prunus,
character mark within a double square, the lotus and millet to the sides, all issuing from
thick walls flaring gently outwards at the rim, £1,000 - 1,500 rockwork on a snowstorm ground, stopper.
the translucent glass of rich ruby-red tone, HK$8,500 - 13,000 6.5cm (2 1/2in) high including the stopper.
fitted box. CNY7,700 - 12,000 (2).
8cm (3 1/8in) wide (3).
£600 - 800
£5,000 - 7,000 HK$5,100 - 6,800
HK$42,000 - 59,000 CNY4,600 - 6,200
CNY39,000 - 54,000
Compare with a pair of ruby glass cups,
Qianlong four-character marks in the Bristol
Museum and Art Gallery, Inv. N4636 and
N4637.

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