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18TH/19TH CENTURY
Details
A CARVED SEMI-OPAQUE YELLOW GLASS GU-FORM VASE
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The trumpet-shaped neck and spreading foot are carved with wide bands of upright and inverted overlapping leaf tips, and with decorative borders at the rims, while the rounded middle section is carved with taotie masks alternating with chilong. The base is incised with a Qianlong four-character mark within a square. The glass is of rich, deep egg yolk-yellow color.
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The trumpet-shaped neck and spreading foot are carved with wide bands of upright and inverted overlapping leaf tips, and with decorative borders at the rims, while the rounded middle section is carved with taotie masks alternating with chilong. The base is incised with a Qianlong four-character mark within a square. The glass is of rich, deep egg yolk-yellow color.
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high
Provenance
John Boehme, La Jolla, California, 8 December 1977.
Barney and Emma Dagan Collection, Los Angeles, California.
Barney and Emma Dagan Collection, Los Angeles, California.
Literature
Ursula Roberts, "The Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California," Arts of Asia, August, 1980, vol. 10, p. 53.
Exhibited
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara Collects - Part II, 6 April -12 May 1985.
On loan: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, January 1998 - January 1999.
On loan: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, January 1998 - January 1999.
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