A CARVED OPAQUE IMPERIAL YELLOW GLASS BOWL
A CARVED OPAQUE IMPERIAL YELLOW GLASS BOWL

QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A CARVED OPAQUE IMPERIAL YELLOW GLASS BOWL
QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
The compressed globular body rising to a short, slightly curved neck and wide mouth, the sides carved with two four-clawed dragons contesting a 'flaming pearl' above rocks and spume-flecked waves, raised on a narrow, banded foot rim
6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Spink & Son Ltd., London, April 1989
Literature
C.F. Shangraw and C. Brown, A Chorus of Colors: Chinese Glass from Three American Collections, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1995, no. 86
Exhibited
The Minor Arts of China IV, Spink & Son Ltd., London, 4 -21 April 1989, no. 113

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