Two superb and rare 18th / 19th century antique Chinese Peking green-glass overlay covered jars, the well formed bodies tapered gently to the rounded foot, carved through the emerald-green overlay around the sides with three registers of facets over a milky-white ground, the slightly domed original cover with a circular finial and carved with similar facets. The larger jar has a darker green tone.
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