Lotus Rest

Probably Imperial, Palace workshops, 1750-1850
Height: 6.4 cm
Mouth/lip: .75/1.98 cm
Stopper: ruby; gilt-silver collar

Provenance:
Dorothea Esty, 1972
The Sylvan and Faith Golder Collection
Bonhams, New York, 11 September 2017, lot 9027

 

Colourless transparent glass with transparent sapphire-blue splashed inclusions; with a flat lip and foot made up of elements of the design; carved around the base with a lotus leaf enclosing the lower part of the bottle, the stem curled round to form the footrim

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Alexander Whittaker