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A RARE CARVED ARCHAISTIC ‘KUILONG’ TURQUOISE GLASS VASE, Shape: Sprawling cylindric form on a round, slanted, flat base
MID QING DYNASTY Weight: 193,5 grams
The translucent glass body of almost flawless turquoise color, carved in Dimensions: Height 11,2 cm
high relief, with neatly incised details Condition: Excellent condition with only minor wear, two microscopic
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China, 18 – 19 century nicks to base
Provenance: Old European private collection
The deep, thin sides carved in relief with an archaistic design of two Literature comparison: Claudia Brown and David Rabiner in Clear as
pair of intertwined kuilong, each forming a stylized long-character, Crystal, Red as Flame, China Institute in America, New York, 1987, page
all between a lappet border below and an incised leave border above, 29. (for an archaistic ruby-red glass bowl, attributed to the glasshouses of
the tapered neck and sprawling mouth rim plain, the glass of intense Guangzhou)
turquoise color.
Auction result comparison: SNUFF BOTTLES FROM THE MARY AND
3 Claudia Brown and David Rabiner in Clear as Crystal, Red as Flame, China GEORGE BLOCH COLLECTION: PART VI. Sotheby’s, 27 MAY 2013, HONG
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘LOTUS’ CUPSTAND, MING DYNASTY, 16TH Condition: Very good original condition with no restorations whatsoever, Institute in America, New York, 1987, page 29, note that the thinness KONG, lot 236. (for a glass snuff bottle, made from glass with the exact
CENTURY the bare bronze on the bottom with extensive wear to the coating, small of the body and the “clarity and warmth” of a ruby-red bowl from the same color, attributed to the Beijing glass workshops)
The bronze cup-stand with gilt rims and cloisonné enamels in white, dents to the gilt rims, the enameling with a few open bubbles, some Qianlong period set it apart from Imperial productions, and that it is
imperial-blue, lemon-yellow, iron-red, turquoise, midnight-blue and minor manufacturing flaws including crazing, minuscule nibbling and old more likely to have been made in the glasshouses of Guangzhou. They 㶭ẋ份夳ầ⎌晽” ⢼漵”㜦䞛䵈刚㕁䒞
dark-brown wear, overall as expected for an authentic Ming cloisonné piece also note that the thinness and fragility of the glass from Guangzhou was ⋲德㖶㜦䞛䵈䍣䐫炻䳘兑檀㴖晽
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China, 16 century Provenance: Unite Kingdom private collection remarked upon as early as the 18th century. The carving on the present ⑩䚠㤝Ἓ
vase shows strict “clarity” combined with sophisticated craftsmen’s skills 㫸㳚䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷
The interior cast with a domed ring to the center with a flat well and Auction result comparison: FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF resulting in an overall “warm” appearance. It therefore does not seem
everted rim. Brightly enameled against an intense imperial-blue ground ART. Sotheby’s, 15 MAY 2013, LONDON, lot 262. (for a similar cup stand) absolutely unreasonable to date this vase to the 18 century. EstimateġEUR 400,-
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with undulating lotus scrolls, the rim with leafy lingzhi bands on a white Starting price EUR 200,-
ground. The underside with further leafy lingzhi and blossom bands. 㖶ẋ㘗㲘啵咖剙䙷㈀炻16 ᶾ䲨
戭偶㌸䴚䏢䐗炻⢾廒挷慹
Shape: Cup-stand ᷕ⚳炻16ᶾ䲨
Weight: 209 grams ⑩䚠冯⸜ẋ䚠䫎炻㔜橼列⤥炻䃉ảỽᾖ墄
Dimensions: 17 cm diameter 劙⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷

EstimateġEUR 500,-
Starting price EUR 250,-

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