Two Chinese Black Overlay Glass Vases LATE 18TH-19TH CENTURY 清晚期 天藍地套紅料梅花圖鳳尾瓶及涅白地套藍料纏枝蓮紋賞瓶 the first a light blue gu-form example, decorated with an overlay showing a flowering prunus branch between simple bands at the mouth rim and base, the second of baluster form with compressed sides. The deep overlay showing lotus stems beneath a band of petal lappets at the shoulder, the mouth encircled by plantain leaves. Height of taller 6 7/8 in., 17.5 cm. Property from the Halim Time & Glass Museum, Evanston, Illinois The light blue example: Ex. Ina & Sandford Gadient Collection no. 56 (adhesive label) Published: Treasures of Chinese Glass Work Shops. Asiantiques, 1997, cat. no. 56. The white example: Ex. Ina & Sandford Gadient Collection S. Marchant and Son, London Published: Chinese Qing Dynasty Glass Treasures: A Selection from the Gadient Collection. Asiantiques, 2009, cat. no. 32. Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve 本拍品不設底價