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Lot Essay
Yongzheng-marked vases of this opaque pea-green colour, in imitation of celadon ceramic wares made in Longquan and Jingdezhen, are very rare with very few related examples. One similar example, also bearing a Yongzheng mark in double squares, is known, in the Franz Collection and illustrated by Emily Byrne Curtis, Pure Brightness Shines Everywhere. The Glass of China, Burlington, 2004, no. 8.2. Another Yongzheng-marked glass vase of very similar colour but with a more globular body and taller ring foot is in the Andrew K.F. Lee Collection, illustrated in Elegance and Radiance. Grandeur in Qing Glass, Hong Kong, 2000, pl. 9.
Qianlong-marked glass vases of similar shape and colour are also known, including one in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in Luster of Autumn Water. Glass of the Qing Imperial Workshops, Beijing, 2005, pl. 21; one sold at Christie's Hong Kong, June 2011, lot 3802; and one sold at Christie's Hong Kong, April 1992, lot 971.
Qianlong-marked glass vases of similar shape and colour are also known, including one in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in Luster of Autumn Water. Glass of the Qing Imperial Workshops, Beijing, 2005, pl. 21; one sold at Christie's Hong Kong, June 2011, lot 3802; and one sold at Christie's Hong Kong, April 1992, lot 971.