Glassware from the Ezekiel Collection sold at Sotheby's, London, 3 November 2021
Lot 26. Property from the Ezekiel Collection. A small green and white glass bowl, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Width across handles 8.2 cm. Lot Sold 2,520 GBP (Estimate 2,000 - 3,000 GBP). © Sotheby's
the deep rounded sides rising to a lipped rim, encircled by a row of raised circular bosses, flanked by a pair of animal-mask handles suspending rings, the glass of variegated emerald-green and milky-white colour.
Provenance: Collection of Marcus Ezekiel (1854-1927).
Lot 28. Property from the Ezekiel Collection. A pair of small imitation realgar glass cups, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Diameters 5.4 cm. Lot Sold 3,780 GBP (Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 GBP). © Sotheby's
each with deep rounded sides, the glass of bright variegated tones of crimson-red and brown swirled together resembling the realgar mineral.
Provenance: Presumably John Sparks Ltd., London, 27th September 1920.
Collection of Marcus Ezekiel (1854-1927).
Lot 29. Property from the Ezekiel Collection. A rare reticulated yellow glass 'lotus' bowl, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Diameter 10.5 cm. Lot Sold 25,200 GBP (Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 GBP). © Sotheby's
the semi-opaque glass realistically modelled in the form of a lotus leaf finely detailed with veins, the foliate rim pierced and carved with small birds and a crab, the exterior wreathed by a grain stalk.
Provenance: Presumably John Sparks Ltd., London, 27th September 1920.
Collection of Marcus Ezekiel (1854-1927).
Lot 49. Property from the Ezekiel Collection. A white glass 'Buddhas Hand' snuff bottle, Seal marks and period of Jiaqing (1796-1820), 6.1 cm. Lot Sold 3,780 GBP (Estimate 1,000 - 1,500 GBP). © Sotheby's
naturalistically rendered in the round as a finger citrus.
Provenance: Collection of Marcus Ezekiel (1854-1927).
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 3 November 2021