A RARE THREE-COLOUR OVERLAY BEIJING GLASS BOTTLE VASE

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A RARE THREE-COLOUR OVERLAY BEIJING GLASS BOTTLE VASE
LATE 18TH CENTURY

The pear-shaped vessel standing on a short splayed foot with a long cylindrical neck and flaring mouth, carved on the body in ruby, pale green and yellowish glass with a bat among finger citrus and pomegranate sprays and on the neck with a bat and a peach spray--6in. (15.2cm.) high

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Cf. a similar vase included in the Special Exhibition Chinese Glass of the Qing Dynasty, Phoenix Art Museum, 1987, Catalogue, no. 26, from the Robert Clague Collection

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