Lot 92
Lot 92
A RED GLASS BARREL-FORM CUP

18TH-19TH CENTURY

Price Realised USD 3,250
Estimate
USD 3,000 - USD 5,000
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A RED GLASS BARREL-FORM CUP

18TH-19TH CENTURY

Price Realised USD 3,250
Price Realised USD 3,250
Details
A RED GLASS BARREL-FORM CUP
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The sides are carved through the transparent ruby-red glass with two stylized taotie masks interrupted by writhing chilong between a row of decorative bosses above and a lappet border encircling the foot.
4 ¼ in. (10.9 cm.) high

Provenance
Michael D. Stevenson (1947-2011) Collection.
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Lot Essay

A similar transparent red glass cup from the collection of Alan E. Feen is illustrated in A Chorus of Colors: Chinese Glass from Three American Collections, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1995, pp. 108-9, no. 83, where it dated to the Qianlong period.

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