glass

Lot 2107. A small glass vase, Tang dynasty (618-907); 6.8 cm. Estimate: 1,000 - 2,000 HKD. Lot sold: 6,300 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Sotheby's. Eclectic, Hong Kong, 14 July 2021

Lot 4. A post-Sassanian glass beaker, Iran, 6th-8th century; 4 1/8in. (10.5cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000. Price realised GBP 2,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.  Of deep hemispherical form cut with stepped bands of roundels forming a honeycomb lattice, the surface entirely covered with iridescence and encrustation. Christie's. Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, London, 5 October 2010

  A highly important Beijing-enamelled pouch-shaped glass vase, blue enamel mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 18.2 cm. Estimate upon request (Expected to fetch in excess of HK$200,000,000/ US$ 25,000,000). Courtesy Sotheby's. Hong Kong - Sotheby’s Hong Kong Chinese Works of Art Autumn Sale Series 2019 on 8th October will be led by A Highly Important Beijing-Enamelled Pouch-Shaped Glass Vase, Blue Enamel Mark and Period of Qianlong, arguably the greatest example of Qing dynasty art in private... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3709. A rare glass waterpot, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 7.5 cm, 2 7/8  in. Estimate 300,000 — 400,000 HKD. Lot sold 375,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. of compressed globular form surmounted by a gently tapering rim, the countersunk base wheel-cut with a four-character reign mark, the semi-translucent glass with faint inclusions Note: At the beginning of the Yongzheng period, the Imperial glasshouses established in the 35th year of the Kangxi reign (1696) were already... [Lire la suite]

Roman Glass Bottle with Cut Crystal Decoration, ca. 1st century C.E., from the Eastern Mediterranean or Italy. Cut glass © Miho Museum.  This bottle looks like it is a column of crystal. Blown and molded from colorless translucent glass, the bottle was shaped with cut work. Just beneath the mouth area a sharp angled cord was cut around the neck, and then after a brief hiatus slightly below, the cut surfaces begin. There are 12 cut lines that run from the right shoulder downward toward the lower left, and then another 12 cuts... [Lire la suite]

Lot 611. A glass court necklace, Late Qing Dynasty. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 HKD. Lot sold 27,500 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's with 108 pink glass beads divided by four green glass fotou (‘Buddha head’), the fotou at the back connected to a gourd-shaped fotouta (‘Buddha head stupa’), supporting a cord intersected by a flattened rectangular green pendant incised on both sides with a shou character flanked by two bats, enhanced by three jinnian strands of green... [Lire la suite]

Lot 9. A glass cicada, Han Dynasty; 3.7cm, 1 1/2 in. Estimate 500 — 700 GBP (678 - 950 EUR). Lot sold 3,000 GBP (4,182 EUR). Photo Sotheby's. the glass of green tone with calcified caramel inclusions, Japanese wood box; together with three shell ornaments, Shang dynasty, Japanese wood box. Quantité: 6. Provenance: Mayuyama & Co. Ltd., Tokyo.  Bibliography: Glass Cicada: Ryūsen Shūhō. Sōgyō shichijū shūnen kinen/Mayuyama: Seventy Years,... [Lire la suite]

China, Qianlong mark and period, 1736 - 1795 AD. Glass. Height: 6 1/4 inches (15.9 cm). Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc. at Asia Week New York 2015  Large Chinese Painted and Gilded Stucco Figure of a Guardian Bodhisattva. Ming Dynasty, circa 16th century. Height: 52 inches. Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc. at Asia Week New York 2015 Rare Famille Verte Porcelain Quadrangular Vases (one of two illustrated). Kangxi Period, circa late 17th century. Height: 18 and 18 1/2 inches. Ralph M. Chait... [Lire la suite]

Goblet, glass, Venice, 16th century; tall with straight sides, widening slightly at rim; ornamented throughout with latticinio reticelli and gilding; wide, slightly flattened base-ring. Height: 15.7 centimetres. Diameter: 10.7 centimetres. Purchased from: William Wareham. 1873,1029.1. British Museum. © Trustees of the British Museum. Bibliography: Tait, Hugh, The Golden Age of Venetian Glass, London, British Museum, BMP, 1979

Bowl, glass, Venice, late 16th century; vetro a reticello, slightly tapering hemispherical shape, resting on knop and folded bell-foot. Height: 11.9 centimetres. Diameter: 13.5 centimetres. Bequeathed by Felix Slade. S.692. British Museum. © Trustees of the British Museum. Bibliography: Tait, Hugh, The Golden Age of Venetian Glass, London, British Museum, BMP, 1979Nesbitt, A, Catalogue of the Collection of Glass formed by Felix Slade, London, 1871 Gros and Delettrez 8 December 2006, Paris, lot 56 for more open chalice-shaped glass... [Lire la suite]