A RARE IMPERIAL FOUR-COLOR GLASS VASE OF HU FORM

QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INSCRIBED AND GILDED MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

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A RARE IMPERIAL FOUR-COLOR GLASS VASE OF HU FORM
Qianlong Four-Character Inscribed and Gilded Mark and of the Period
The ivory-colored body bordered by an opaque dark red band of overlapping lotus petals below and a band of dragons and upright leaf-tips on the neck interrupted by a pair of opaque blue dragon handles suspending loose rings, all below a dark green mouth rim, the four-character mark spaced evenly around the broad, flat foot surrounding a countersunk center
6.1/8in. (15.5cm.) 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 (middle)

Lot Essay

A similarly spaced Qianlong four-character mark is on the bottom of a baluster vase swirled with different color stripes in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated by Yang Boda, 'An Account of Qing Dynasty Glassmaking', Scientific Research in Early Chinese Glass , Corning Glass Museum, 1991, p. 139, figs. 8 and 9.