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Lot Essay
For a discussion on the faceted form of this bottle, see the footnote to lot 50.
The faceted form of this elegant bottle and the unusual color suggest the probability of a Palace Workshop origin. A Yongzheng-marked faceted vase, of an equally unusual pink color, in the collection of Alan E. Feen and illustrated by E. B. Curtis, 'Glass for K'ang Hsi's Court', Arts of Asia, September-October 1991, p. 132, suggests that that this bottle might date as early as the Yongzheng period. Also noteworthy is the perfectly fitted glass stopper which imitates coral and is most likely the original. It is an octagonal version of the type of eighteenth-century stopper found on a wide range of Palace enamels and other Imperial bottles.
The faceted form of this elegant bottle and the unusual color suggest the probability of a Palace Workshop origin. A Yongzheng-marked faceted vase, of an equally unusual pink color, in the collection of Alan E. Feen and illustrated by E. B. Curtis, 'Glass for K'ang Hsi's Court', Arts of Asia, September-October 1991, p. 132, suggests that that this bottle might date as early as the Yongzheng period. Also noteworthy is the perfectly fitted glass stopper which imitates coral and is most likely the original. It is an octagonal version of the type of eighteenth-century stopper found on a wide range of Palace enamels and other Imperial bottles.