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    Posted 4 years ago

    Newfld
    (1431 items)

    Here is a 5 1-2"H x 8 1-2"W green satin glass phoenix aka dragon bowl from the Cathay series designed in 1943 by Virginia Evans for Imperial Glass, this bowl ca 1960s-1980s
    A dragon for Chinese New Year that begins this weekend, 2021 is my husband's birth Year of the Ox

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    Comments

    1. RichmondLori RichmondLori, 4 years ago
      beautiful color on this piece, so enchanting. Lovely
    2. LaurenRedmond LaurenRedmond, 4 years ago
      Very cool looking bowl- reminds me of a stylized swan actually? Love the curling neck and elegantly folded wings- the cool turquoise colour is great too!
    3. couldbe couldbe, 4 years ago
      really like the transparent color .....very cool indeed.....
    4. jscott0363 jscott0363, 4 years ago
      Nice one Jenni! He's much bigger than I initially thought and I love the color of this one as well.
    5. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 4 years ago
      Seems to really invoke the spirit of a dragon, gorgeous !~
    6. Newfld Newfld, 4 years ago
      Many thanks for the thoughtful love
      Lori
      Vet
      Russell
      Lauren
      Thomas
      Watchsearcher
      Scott
      Rob
      Vynil
      aura
      fort
      Ben
      Phil
      ho2
      BB2
      and couldbe for the like

      Thank you Lori for your great praise and I love your calling this enchanting, there is something very dreamy about this piece in the soft green

      Lauren you have nailed it, very evocative of a stylized swan - it makes me think of the swan boat slowly carrying the Prince and Odette across the water at the end of Swan Lake, a ballet I had gone to see maybe 50 times when I had youthful hopes to become a dancer. Thank you for the lovely image and bringing back a happy memory for me

      Truly glad you liked this swan couldbe & many thanks for your very nice comment, I'm so glad you enjoyed this glass bowl, it took me alot of photo tries because such a soft color can look washed out in certain lighting

      Thanks Scott for your wonderful comment, I can understand why this piece can look smaller as in photos one and four I had to angle the dragon-phoenix so the full body would show in the thumbnail pic. My fave position of this animal is the shell-like wave of its back tail

      Phil thank you for your awesome compliments about this dragon piece, in the glass books I have it is pictured and listed under 'glass dragons' yet its original title was a phoenix, so although it is known as either or both, I felt a celebratory dragon is in keeping with a Chinese New Year theme, esp as this is my husband's birth year of the Ox - slow and steady, that describes him, also a very hard worker 'pulling the plow' - married to me, a facetious Monkey, he needs to be lol
    7. apostata apostata, 4 years ago
      i never heard of this , but i loved this
    8. Mrstyndall Mrstyndall, 4 years ago
      Very cool piece, Jenni!
    9. racer4four racer4four, 4 years ago
      The colour is stunning and the moulding beautiful.
      I love that these old patterns were used for so long. This is a quirky, gorgeous bowl Jenni.
    10. Newfld Newfld, 4 years ago
      Thank you for the love Kurt & MrsT, it's totally appreciated & very kind of you

      apostata thank you for your great comment I am really glad you loved this piece, Imperial Glass was a great glassmaker that used many lovely glass designs & took molds from other famous co's including Heisey

      Thank you MrsT for your super comment, it was quite a cool find for me to actually land a neat dragon - it also came in clear glass but in color it's so much prettier

      Thanks Karen for your fabulous praise, I totally agree this is quirky & great, I truly love that shell-like curved tail it is like an ocean wave & the color is soft and flowy
    11. Bruce99 Bruce99, 4 years ago
      Another very nice piece Newfld. Do you have UV light? I wonder if it fluoresces? Thank you for sharing.
    12. Newfld Newfld, 4 years ago
      Very grateful for the kind love
      Cokeman
      Mani
      Bruce

      Thank you so much Bruce for your wonderful praise & keen observ, I do have a black UV light & tried it on this dragon right after your suggestion but alas, this piece does not have a phosphorescent glow. The frosted green glass is pretty cool anyway right, it kinda gave off its own glow near a sunny window (photographed much too pale under regular indoor lighting), I'm so glad you liked it
    13. KinkiPlz KinkiPlz, 4 years ago
      beautiful specially the colour
    14. Newfld Newfld, 4 years ago
      Kinki thank you for your really kind compliment, very happy that you enjoyed my glass dragon & I too love the color

      Sincere thanks KinkiPlz & NaVi8274 for the love I really appreciate it & so very nice of you both
    15. Newfld Newfld, 4 years ago
      Thanks Kevin & Ted for the love, it's always very much appreciated guys and glad you liked this glass dragon
    16. Newfld Newfld, 4 years ago
      Thank you Sean for the always thoughtful love for my posts, it is very gratefully appreciated
    17. Newfld Newfld, 4 years ago
      Thank you ho2 for the love it's very kind of you & much appreciated, very pleased you liked this green Imperial dragon
    18. Aimathena Aimathena, 4 years ago
      Such a stunning piece
    19. Newfld Newfld, 4 years ago
      Aimathena thank you so much for the lovely compliment and the kind love, it is greatly appreciated & very pleased you liked this green dragon-phoenix bowl
    20. Newfld Newfld, 4 years ago
      Thank you MrsT for the love and support, I'm so glad you liked this Imperial Glass dragon & wish you a happy Year of the Ox 2021
    21. Newfld Newfld, 3 years ago
      Many thanks vcal for the kind love for this and other of my posts today, it's very nice of you & I appreciate your support
    22. Newfld Newfld, 2 years ago
      Thank you Giana and Leelani for the love for this Imperial dragon, so pleased that you both liked it and truly appreciate your kindness
    23. Newfld Newfld, 2 years ago
      Thanks BHIFOS & ho2 for the love for this green Imperial dragon, really glad you liked it guys and always appreciate your kindness
    24. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 2 years ago
      I missed this one, and I love the photography and conjures up an image as if you had discovered the Loch Ness Monster. Beautiful !~
    25. Newfld Newfld, 2 years ago
      Thanks Phil for your wonderful praise for this dragon, he is rather like the Loch Ness monster, very strange but fascinating. Always grateful for your kind words, I try really hard to showcase an item with good photos & happy to know it's appreciated :)
    26. TallCakes TallCakes, 2 years ago
      Tiara offered a green etched version of their #959 Phoenix Bowl in 1985

      http://tiaraexclusives.ueuo.com/Topics/1985/tt8508.jpg
    27. Newfld Newfld, 2 years ago
      Thank you TallCakes for the Tiara information and link, beautiful phoenix bowl. Hoping to add Tiara to my collection sometime in future
    28. Newfld Newfld, 8 months ago
      Thank you Deano for the love for this Imperial dragon, very happy you liked it and appreciate your thoughtfulness

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