A SAPPHIRE-BLUE OVERLAY WHITE GLASS BOWL AND A GREEN-BLACK OVERLAY WHITE GLASS VASE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

the bowl overlaid with a layer of bright translucent blue glass, carved to the white ground with two cranes and a flowering branch of prunus, the pear-shaped vase similarly overlaid in deep greenish-black and carved to the white ground with foliate lotus, the latter inscribed with a four-character spurious Qianlong mark

There is a small slightly polished chip to the rim of the bowl, and another also slightly polished to the footrim. It is otherwise in good condition. There are a few minute nicks and surface wear beneath the footring of the vase, as well as some unevenness or gaps to the white glass body. Otherwise the vase is also in good condition.
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