A pair of yellow glass jars and covers. Qing Dynasty

Each of baluster form carved in relief with barbed panels linked by double rings and enclosing birds perched amongst prunus branches or flowering plants, between a ruyi collar at the neck and a lappet border around the foot, the covers each with prunus branches about a chrysanthemum knop (4) - height 8 5/8 in., 21.9 cm - 15,000—20,000 USD

PROVENANCE : Sotheby's New York, 15th September 1999, lot 10.
Thereafter with the present owner.

NOTE : A similar pair of baluster jars and covers, freely carved with flowering branches, was sold in these rooms, 28th September 1989, lot 145. A pair of ovoid form, carved with mirror-image landscape scenes, is illustrated in Radiance and Elegance, Grandeur in Qing Glass, The Andrew K. F. Lee Collection, Hong Kong, 2000, p. 224, no. 76.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art including Chinese and Japanese Art from The Collection of Frieda and Milton Rosenthal. 16 Sep 08. www.sotheby's.com