English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13th September 2016

Lot 50

A Bohemian opaque white glass vase 18th century

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £400

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Description

A Bohemian opaque white glass vase 18th century, decorated in polychrome enamels with a bold floral design in red, yellow, green and blue, with narrow neck and raised on a wide flared foot, and an opaline glass beaker gilded with a single chinoiserie figure reaching out to an insect in flight above, 11.7cm max. (2)

Provenance: from a private collection in Sussex. The beaker purchased from Christie's, 3rd June 1986, lot 186.