A PAIR OF CHINESE BEIJING PINK AND GREEN-OVERLAY GLASS 'PHOENIX' BOTTLE VASES

A PAIR OF CHINESE BEIJING PINK AND GREEN-OVERLAY GLASS 'PHOENIX' BOTTLE VASES

19TH CENTURY

Each carved through pale pink and dark green glass to a white ground with a standing phoenix gazing up at its partner in flight above, with large peony blooms growing around the mythical birds, each raised on a short flared foot, 21.2cm. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of James Haydock Esq and thence by descent.