Two Chinese Ruby-Red Overlay Snowflake Ground Glass Vessels 19TH CENTURY 清中期 雪霏地套寶石紅料喜上眉梢賞瓶及仕女嬰戲圖筆筒 the first a cylindrical brushpot, the crystalline body decorated with a crimson overlay carved with a continuous scene of children at play in a landscape; the second a baluster vase having a compressed shield-form body risen above a splaying lipped foot, decorated with magpies perched in a network of prunus overlay of deep ruby red above a band of petal lappets. Height of taller 7 1/2 in., 19 cm. Property from the Halim Time & Glass Museum, Evanston, Illinois The bottle vase: Ex. Ina & Sandford Gadient Collection Illustrated: Chinese Qing Dynasty Glass Treasures: A Selection from the Gadient Collection, Vol. III. Asiantiques, 2011, cat. no. 54. The brushpot: Ex. Ina & Sandford Gadient Collection Illustrated: Chinese Qing Dynasty Glass Treasures: A Selection from the Gadient Collection, Vol. III. Asiantiques, 2011, cat. no. 52. Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve 本拍品不設底價