Title: Two Chinese PEKING CUT blue GLASS bowls, 18th-19th Century
Shipping: $29.00
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Period: Unassigned
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Origin: Central Asia > China
Condition: Excellent
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Item ID: 914
Two Chinese PEKING CUT blue GLASS bowls, 18th-19th Century Two bowls with stylized lotus decoration and a cloud collar border rim, bowl carved with beautiful vignettes. This is a pair of blue bowls with carved sides, blue bowl decorated with beautiful lotus flowers. Very good condition. A unique and beautiful addition to any collection. They have some small cracks from aging within the glass.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Chinese_glass
In Chinese history, glass played a peripheral role in the arts and crafts, when compared to ceramics and metal work. The limited archaeological distribution and use of glass objects are evidence of the rarity of the material. Literary sources date the first manufacture of glass to the 5th century AD. However, the earliest archaeological evidence for glass manufacture in China comes from the late Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC to 221BC). The Chinese glass objects from the Warring States period and Han Dynasty vary greatly in chemical composition from the imported glass objects. The glasses from this period contain high levels of barium oxide (BaO) and lead, distinguishing them from the soda-lime-silica glasses of Western Asia and Mesopotamia.
