A BEILBY CHINOISERIE OPAQUE-TWIST WINE-GLASS, the funnel bowl enamelled in white with a figure holding a staff and standing beneath a pagoda flanked by trees and shrubs, with traces of gilding to the rim, the stem with a double entwined thread core within a multi-ply spiral, on a conical foot, circa 1770 | Christie's

Sale 4660

Glass & Paperweights

London

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26 November 1991

Browse Sale

Lot 132

A BEILBY CHINOISERIE OPAQUE-TWIST WINE-GLASS, the funnel bowl enamelled in white with a figure holding a staff and standing beneath a pagoda flanked by trees and shrubs, with traces of gilding to the rim, the stem with a double entwined thread core within a multi-ply spiral, on a conical foot, circa 1770

Price realised

GBP 6,600

Estimate

GBP 2,500 - GBP 3,500

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A BEILBY CHINOISERIE OPAQUE-TWIST WINE-GLASS, the funnel bowl enamelled in white with a figure holding a staff and standing beneath a pagoda flanked by trees and shrubs, with traces of gilding to the rim, the stem with a double entwined thread core within a multi-ply spiral, on a conical foot, circa 1770
15cm. high
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Exhibited

Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, loan no. 304
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