Sale 2027
New York
|
17 September 2008
Price realised
USD 10,000
Estimate
AN UNUSUAL LAVENDER-BLUE OPAQUE GLASS BOTTLE VASE 18TH CENTURY The ovoid body raised on a circular foot and surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck, the flat mouth revealing a paler sky-blue inner layer, base with Qianlong four-character mark within a square 10 3/8 in. (26.3 cm.) high
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