Lot 289
  • 289

A CARVED RED GLASS 'LANDSCAPE' BOWL QING DYNASTY

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • glass
the deep rounded sides rising from a short spreading foot to an everted rim, carved around the exterior with two rectangular panels, one enclosing a farmer seated on a buffalo playing a flute, the other with a man riding a donkey playing the qin, the transparent metal of rich ruby-red tone, the base inscribed with an apocryphal four-character Qianlong mark

Provenance

Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong.
The Jingguantang Collection.
Christie's New York, 18th September 1997, lot 113.

Condition

This bowl is in good condition, but has minor scratches to the footrim.
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