19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF BEIJING YELLOW GLASS BALUSTER VASES AND COVERS
19th century
Each carved in high relief around the ovoid body with a scholar and attendant group crossing a bridge in a mountainous landscape with scattered dwellings and trees and under a crescent and stellar constellation, all between a narrow key-fret band at the waisted neck and a lappet band at the splayed foot, the domed cover with a similar lappet band and spiralling knop finial, the opaque glass of an intense yellow tone with few bubbles and minor chips
9½in. (24.1cm.) high (2)
19th century
Each carved in high relief around the ovoid body with a scholar and attendant group crossing a bridge in a mountainous landscape with scattered dwellings and trees and under a crescent and stellar constellation, all between a narrow key-fret band at the waisted neck and a lappet band at the splayed foot, the domed cover with a similar lappet band and spiralling knop finial, the opaque glass of an intense yellow tone with few bubbles and minor chips
9½in. (24.1cm.) high (2)