A Peking Glass Cameo Bowl – Orange Flowers

Chinese: Peking Glass: Two Color Pre 1970: item #1015056
COLL 1064

This is a fine early to mid 20th century Peking Glass bowl with a flared lip. It has an opaque milk white ground and beautiful rust orange flowers as the design in the cameo cut overlay. Earlier examples of Peking glass had more variegated glasses as the base color. The earlier pieces also showed signs of hand carving of the second layer which left the edges of the design softer. This vase has sharp edges to the overlay blue glass that has been cut away to reveal the design thereby showing that ... Click for details

Peking Beijing Glass Bowl Emerald Green Peaches

Chinese: Peking Glass: Two Color Pre 1930: item #1015054
JWH

A flawless green overlay Peking glass Chinese bowl measuring 7" across and 3" high. Both the carving and the design on this bowl are quite good and were done by an artist with superior talent. You will not be disappointed.

Blue and White Butterfly and Flower Peking Glass Vase

Chinese: Peking Glass: Two Color Pre 1920: item #1001224
0531

Spectacular and large blue and white Peking Glass vase in a classic shape with butterflies and flowers. This traditional form of art starts with a one-color glass base, dipped into contrasting colored glass one layer at a time. The artist then carves away portions of the overlaid glass to reveal layers of other colors underneath, following particular designs. It is a process that is very time consuming and labor intensive. However, the result is exquisite and exotic, unlike carved glass fro... Click for details

Yellow and Amethyst Peking Glass Jar

Chinese: Peking Glass: Two Color Pre 1900: item #1000430
L80J20

A very beautiful and well carved Peking glass jar, with symbols of bats and coins, and the common Shou character all teamed up to simply say... health, wealth, and luck. The glass consist of beautiful contrasting colors of yellow and amethyst. In excellent condition it measures 5.5" high x 3.5" diameter.

Antique Cobalt Blue Chinese Peking Glass Bowl

Chinese: Peking Glass: Monochrome Pre 1920: item #994479
9A-044

Vibrant translucent deep blue colored Chinese Peking (Beijing) glass bowl with scalloped rim and body. Qing dynasty, late 19th/early 20th century. The thin glass contains tiny air bubbles which are characteristic of glass from this period. The word “CHINA” is etched onto the bottom, indicating an export date after 1890 when it was required to mark the country of origin on any items exported into the United States. Because the bowl is simply marked CHINA, it can be determined that it was exported... Click for details

A Chinese Cameo Snuff Bottle – Monkey & Carp – 20th C.

Chinese: Peking Glass: Two Color Pre 1960: item #990289
COLL 1028

This is a nicely carved two tone snuff bottle with an orange overlay over a snowflake inner base. The bottle has a design of a monkey hanging from a branch and being harassed by two bumblebees. The other side has a design of a carp amongst lotus plants. The edges of the carving are smooth and show great care in the cutting down to the design. It is shaped in a slightly flattened bulbous spade shape with a well defined raised oval ring base. ... Click for details

A Ruby Red Glass Snuff Bottle – Qing

Chinese: Peking Glass: Monochrome Pre 1900: item #986969
ICHI 1832

This is a fine ruby red Peking glass snuff bottle made in a slightly compressed circular – almost oval - form. It sits on a nicely cut flat oval base and rises to the short flared neck. The metal is an excellent clear bright ruby red. Unlike modern monochrome bottles that are simply clear bottles with a flashed interior color, this bottle is pure red all the way through. The apparent clear glass at the neck is a reflection from the lighting - see photo #8 before the photos were brightened to sh... Click for details

A Peking Glass Overlay Snuff Bottle – Bat & Crab – Qing

Chinese: Peking Glass: Two Color Pre 1900: item #986533
ICHI 4019

This is a very fine two-layered glass snuff bottle – the inner layer of snowflake glass and the design done in a vibrant dark purple colored glass. In addition to the designs on the two wide sides, the top and base of the bottle have also been executed in the dark purple glass – a difficult thing to achieve. The bottle is an opaque spade shape in this two color overlay snowstorm glass. It is deeply and fluidly carved on either side. ... Click for details

A Modern Peking Glass Vase – Cameo Cut Blue Flowers

Chinese: Peking Glass: Two Color Pre 1960: item #951982
ICHI 2201

This is a fine early to mid 20th century Peking Glass vase with an opaque milk white ground and beautiful cobalt blue flowers and butterflies in the cameo cut overlay. Earlier examples of Peking glass had more variegated glasses as the base color. The earlier pieces also showed signs of hand carving of the second layer which left the edges of the design softer. This vase has sharp edges to the overlay blue glass that has been cut away to reveal the design thereby showing that the design was cut... Click for details

A 12-sided Chienlung Period Bowl of Yellow Glass

Chinese: Peking Glass: Monochrome Pre 1800: item #944989

18th Century. Ching Dynasty, Ch’ien-lung period. This small, thinly carved and semi-translucent, twelve-sided, soft-yellow colored ‘Peking’ glass bowl is superlative among small, undecorated Peking glass vessels of its type. While it bears no inscription or reign mark, it is very likely a product of the Zaobanchu (imperial workshops), or from Boshan in Shandong Province which works often exceed imperial wares, especially in the remarkable thinness of their carving. In either instance, it is ... Click for details