Glass vase with lily design

Chinese

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

early 20th Century

This vase has a striking design of lilies carved in orange glass overlay on a white glass ground. The lily design shows a naturalistic Western influence, being a popular motif of international Art Nouveau. As is usual with Chinese glass of this type, the piece is not signed but was made by an unknown artist in the mid-Qing dynasty period of the early 20th century.

• Medium: glass
• Dimensions: height: 23cm
• Art Fund Grant: £272 ( Total: £1,008)
• ArtFunded in: 2006
• Vendor: Sotheby's

Provenance

The Plesch Study and Reference Collection (Professor Peter H. Plesch and Mrs Traudi Plesch); The Henrich Collection; Sotheby's, 2006.

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