QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INSCRIBED AND GILDED MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
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A RARE IMPERIAL RED AND IVORY OVERLAY GLASS BALUSTER VASE
Qianlong Four-Character Inscribed and Gilded Mark and of the Period
The ivory body set between a dark red band of overlapping lotus petals below and a band of shou characters flanked by bats on the shoulder, with a pair of dragon scroll handles and a band of upright leaf tips on the slender trumpet neck, the four characters of the mark evenly spaced around the outer edge of the broad foot ring
8.3/8in. (21.4cm.) high
Qianlong Four-Character Inscribed and Gilded Mark and of the Period
The ivory body set between a dark red band of overlapping lotus petals below and a band of shou characters flanked by bats on the shoulder, with a pair of dragon scroll handles and a band of upright leaf tips on the slender trumpet neck, the four characters of the mark evenly spaced around the outer edge of the broad foot ring
8.3/8in. (21.4cm.) high
Literature
Splendour of Ancient Chinese Art: Selections from the Collections of T.T. Tsui Galleries of Chinese Art Worldwide, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 82 (right)