Glass vase with lily design
Unknown Artist
- Art Funded
- 2006
- Dimensions
- Height: 23 cm
- 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.