A SMALL THREE-COLOR OVERLAY BEIJING GLASS VASE

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A SMALL THREE-COLOR OVERLAY BEIJING GLASS VASE

The slender ovoid body surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck, carved with sinuous dragons with bifurcated tails and clouds in red, blue and yellow on an opaque white ground, the details lightly incised--6 1/4in. (16.2cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. C. Brown and D. Rabiner, Clear as Crystal, Red as Flame, China Institute in America, 1990, Catalogue no. 56, for a similar example using the same color overlays on a semi-opaque white ground from the collection of Walter H. and Phyllis J. Shorenstein