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The Property of a Gentleman
Lot 135

A Beijing yellow glass bowl and cover
Incised Qianlong four-character marks and probably of the period

13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £6,600 inc. premium

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A Beijing yellow glass bowl and cover

Incised Qianlong four-character marks and probably of the period
The flared bowl rising to the slightly lipped rim, supported on a short flared foot ring, surmounted by a domed cover with a circular finial, the glass of warm yellow-amber tone with spiralling pale orange streaks. 10cm (3⅞in) diam. (2).

Footnotes

Provenance: purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, on 26 June 1979 for £675.
An English private collection.

For a pair of unmarked yellow glass bowls attributed to the 18th century Palace Workshops, see The Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Elegance and Radiance: Grandeur in Qing Glass. The Andrew K.F.Lee Collection, Hong Kong, 2000, pl.36.

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