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
19th century
Length: 9 5/8 in (24.4 cm)
Width: 6 1/8 in (15.6 cm)
A massive and rare opaque black glass figure of a recumbent water buffalo, well carved in the manner of similar animals in jade, the color imitating black jade.... Click for details
Guangxu period, 1875-1908
Height: 2 ¼ in (5.7 cm)
Diameter: 5 3/8 in (13.7 cm)
A transparent amber glass censer suffused with bubbles, the compressed bulbous body slightly asymmetrical with two large oval-shaped handles, a short neck and a high foot ring. The... Click for details
19th century
Height: 2 5/8 in (6.7 cm)
Diameter: 6 in (15.2 cm)
An opaque green glass bowl modeled in the form of a large lotus leaf with a scalloped-rim folding over the edge of the lotus leaf, the outside carved and incised with lotus leaves, pods and bloss... Click for details
Hongxian Period, December 12, 1915 – March 22, 1916
Height: 5 ¾ in (14.6 cm)
A pair of small sapphire blue glass bottle vases of faceted-form, each bearing a hallmark of the “Hall where Benevolence Resides” in regular script within a double square.
Qianlong period, 1736–1795
Height: 3 in (7.5 cm)
Width: 6 ½ in (16.6 cm)
A transparent sapphire blue glass bowl, the outer wall engraved with blossoming flowers within four panels, including chrysanthemums, plums and quatrefoils, the base incised with a Qianl... Click for details
Daoguang period, 1821-1850
Height: 2 7/8 in (7.3 cm)
Diameter: 6 ½ in (16.5 cm)
A transparent sapphire blue glass jar of mallet shape, the base incised with a Daoguang nian zhi (made during the Daoguang period) four-character mark within a double-square.... Click for details
19th century
Height: 2 ¼ in (5.7 cm)
Diameter: 5 in (12.7 cm)
A small opaque pink glass bowl with a scalloped rim, carved and incised all around with blossoming lotus and lotus pods, the base incised with small circles to imitate a lotus pod.... Click for details
19th century
Height: 4 3/8 in (11.1 cm)
Width: 6 5/8 in (16.9 cm) at top
An opaque turquoise glass bowl of tapering square shape with four panels carved in high relief, the first panel depicting an old man seated on a rock in the shade of a pine tree and next... Click for details
19th century
Height: 3 3/8 in (8.9 cm)
Diameter: 6 ¾ in (17.1 cm)
A heavy opaque turquoise glass bowl in the form of an “alms” bowl, the thick walls thinning towards the rim, the flat base with four small round feet.... Click for details
