Asian Art II - 8th December 2020
Lot 511
A PAIR OF CHINESE BEIJING PINK AND GREEN-OVERLAY GLASS 'PHOENIX' BOTTLE VASES
Estimate £1,500 - £2,500
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Description
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.