1029186

Early Qing Dyn. "Red Overlay Clear" Peking #1029186

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Early Qing Dyn.  Red Overlay Clear  Peking #1029186
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A Truly Rare Find!! Early Qing Dynasty "Red Overlay Clear" Peking Glass Meiping, ca.18th c.!!</em></td>
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A fine and large red overlayed clear Peking glass meiping. Dimensions are 12-1/4" tall, 5-1/2" widest. We attribute this meiping to the early Qing dynasty, ca.18th century. This tall and masculine meiping has a body of of clear, colorless, glass encased in a finely cameo-carved, translucent, ruby-red overlay. It is weighty, weighing in at 4-1/4 lbs. The meiping's body has an ample chest and broad shoulder that draws inward as we move upward toward the strong, broad neck which is capped with a squared mouth rim. The waist is also relatively broad and moves downward to a gently flaring base with a relatively short foot ring carved from the red overlay. The base is slightly recessed.
The meiping's is finely carved, in high-relief cameo style. The central body's red overlay is carved down to the clear body, creating a dynamic 3-dimensional, circumventing design of auspicious bats flying amid cloud bursts. At the neck and lower portion of the meiping, the red overlay is also deeply carved, but not through to the clear body, as stylized fronds and/or panels.

The clear glass body is heavily infused with a plethera of miniscule bubbles that are grouped or clustered in numerous larger swirling, windswept patterns. There are also various other bubbles and other darker inclusions, ranging in sizes throughout the entire meiping. Extensive crizzling can further be seen through the red overlay, above the foot, in the clear body.

During the early years of Qing glass making, Kangxi through ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Very Fine</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:ca.18th c.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:China</td></tr>

<tr><td>Height:12.25</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:5.5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Weight:4.25</td></tr>
<tr><td>Title:Early Qing Dyn. "Red Overlay Clear" Peking</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Peking Glass</td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:2-tone Overlay Glass</td></tr>

<tr><td>Location:FARMINGTON, MI, USA</td></tr>
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