This unusual paperweight is delicately carved on both sides of the milky white layers with a stylised ram. The almost translucent white layers are set on a subtle sapphire blue ground.
Objects in glass of this quality can be attributed with almost certainty to the Imperial glassworks, Beijing.
22. A white on blue overlay glass pendant (18th/19th century)
Description
Dimensions: 5.2cm high
Provenance:
Ex Ionides Collection
This unusual paperweight is delicately carved on both sides of the milky white layers with a stylised ram. The almost translucent white layers are set on a subtle sapphire blue ground.
Objects in glass of this quality can be attributed with almost certainty to the Imperial glassworks, Beijing.
£8,000
Information
Related Products
10. A Guan-type glazed tripod censer (19th century)
SOLD – 5. A small blue and white cylindrical tripod censer (Ming dynasty, second half 15th century)
A black-glazed trompe l’eoil wall vase with applied cicadas on a faux-ivory celadon stand (Qing dynasty, 19th century)