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Chinese Peking Glass Bok Choy Charm, Century 1920

Name: Chinese Peking Glass Bok Choy Charm, Century 1920
Price: 348 USD
Availability: InStock

$348

PAGODA RED

Chicago, IL

Condition Notes: Minor wear consistent with age and use Minor wear consistent with age and use less

Description: Although practiced for centuries, Chinese glass-making gained prominence during the Qing-dynasty with the introduction of Peking glass. Adapting European technologies, … more Although practiced for centuries, Chinese glass-making gained prominence during the Qing-dynasty with the introduction of Peking glass. Adapting European technologies, workshops in the Imperial Palace began creating layered and intricately-carved glass pieces that mimicked the translucency of jade, semiprecious stones, and rare jewels.

This Peking glass charm is sculpted as a tiny bok choy cabbage, a symbol humility and wealth. The little charm is made of white, green, and yellow glass, the green end feathered and pinched to resemble crinkled leaves and the white underlayer stretched to resemble long stalks. less

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