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A VERY RARE AND UNUSUAL LARGE
ARCHAISTIC ‘IMITATION CRYSTAL’ GLASS
VASE AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
The quadrilobed body is raised on a tall
foot and is carved on each main side with
a central taotie mask between leaf-shaped
lappets below and ruyi-shaped lappets above.
The neck is carved with pendent lappets and
is fanked by monster mask and loose ring
handles. The cover is of conforming shape
and is carved with taotie masks and lingzhi
handles suspending loose rings below the tall,
quadrilobed fnial.
11Ω in. (29.2 cm.) high
$40,000-60,000
PROVENANCE:
Property from the Lai Family Collection.
Sotheby’s New York, 20 March 2007, lot 563.
清十八世紀
仿水晶玻璃饕餮紋獸首活環蓋瓶
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