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
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