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 blossoms, the stalks of the plants forming a short foot.

For a similar piece, see Brown (1995), cat. no. 100.

Published: Asiantiques, Chinese Qing Dynasty Glass Treasures: A Selection from the Gadient Collection (2009), cat. no. 62

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