A SMALL TRANSPARENT BLUE GLASS BOTTLE VASE
A SMALL TRANSPARENT BLUE GLASS BOTTLE VASE

QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK INSCRIBED WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A SMALL TRANSPARENT BLUE GLASS BOTTLE VASE
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK INSCRIBED WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
With bulbous body raised on a slightly flared shallow foot and surmounted by a cylindrical neck, the glass transparent and of cornflower blue tone
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high

Lot Essay

A similar bottle vase of comparable size, also inscribed with a Qianlong mark, is illustrated by Simon Kwan in Early Chinese Glass, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001, pp. 422-3, no. 218.

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