AN UNUSUAL OVERLAID SEMI-OPAQUE PALE BLUE GLASS BOWL

18TH/19TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL OVERLAID SEMI-OPAQUE PALE BLUE GLASS BOWL
18th/19th Century
Molded as a large lotus leaf, the exterior of the body incised with veins and well carved in relief with bundled leafy stems, three annealed at their tips with leaves of clear, green glass and two with lotus blossoms with opalescent petals surrounding clear glass pods, the whole raised on a shallow foot formed by a transparent leaf of pale green tone with ruffled edges turned under to create a six-pointed star
7in. (18.1cm.) across