Glass vase with lily design by Chinese

Glass vase with lily design by Chinese, early 20th Century

© Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

Details

Medium:

Glass Dimensions: height: 23cm

Art Fund grant:

£272 ( Total: £1,008)

Acquired in:

2006

Vendor:

Sotheby's

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.

Provenance

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