A FINE BURGUNDY-RED OVERLAY SNOWSTORM-GROUND BOTTLE VASE

QIANLONG INSCRIBED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD

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A FINE BURGUNDY-RED OVERLAY SNOWSTORM-GROUND BOTTLE VASE
Qianlong Inscribed Four-Character Mark Within a Square and of the Period
The bulbous body raised on a flared foot and well carved in high relief with a continuous scene of the Three Star Gods accompanied by attendants and with two men in a boat, all in a mountainous landscape of rocks and pine trees below a waterfall cascading from beneath a bridge at the base of the tall cylindrical neck carved with a scene of walled pavilions amidst further trees and mountains, the deep color of the thick burgundy layer contrasting starkly against the thick transparent body suffused with fine white inclusions
10in. (25.4cm.) high, box

Lot Essay

Compare the larger, Qianlong-marked bottle vase with a similarly flared footring, also decorated with a landscape scene, included in the exhibition, Chinese Jewellery, Accessories and Glass, Spink and Son Ltd, December 11 - 24, 1991, Catalogue, no. 110

Another red-overlay bottle vase dated to the eighteenth century, also carved with a landscape scene, but in lower relief, from the Jingguantang Collection, Part II, was sold in these rooms, March 20, 1997, lot 37. Compare, also, the bottle vase included in the exhibition, The Robert H. Clague Collection: Chinese Glass of the Qing Dynasty, 1644 - 1911, Phoenix Art Museum, 1987, Catalogue, no. 24