A RARE AND SMALL INSCRIBED PALE YELLOWISH-GREEN GLASS WATER POT

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A RARE AND SMALL INSCRIBED PALE YELLOWISH-GREEN GLASS WATER POT
FOUR-CHARACTER INSCRIBED HALLMARK, XING YOU HENG TANG, DAOGUANG

The globular jar with shallow ring foot and molded rim made in imitation of jade, carved on one side with graceful chrysanthemum plants and on the other with an inscription of four couplets, the glass semi-translucent and of soft yellowish-green tone, the hallmark carved within a circular, countersunk area in the center of the base
2¼in. (5.7cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

The hallmark may be translated, 'Made for the hall of constancy', the residence of Zhai Quan, a grandson of the emperor Qianlong, and a famous collector of the Daoguang period who died in 1854. The inscription may be freely translated,
'A skiff inclined towards the sun
After nine days of rain and dew
Feelings of gratitude are deep
Don't resent the chrysanthemum
not having much beauty, since after
all it got its name before
the mallow flower'

For a white jade bowl incised in a similar style with alternating panels of calligraphy and flowering plants, see Zhongguo yuqi quanji; Qing (The Great Treasury of Chinese Jade; Qing), vol. 6, Hebei, 1991, p. 35, pl. 57