QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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AN IMPERIAL RUBY-RED OVERLAY SNOWFLAKE GLASS BOTTLE VASE
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The globular body rising to a tall cylindrical neck is supported on a slightly splayed foot. The vase is finely carved in high relief through the ruby-red-overlay to a snowflake ground with a design of birds flying and perched among peony and prunus branches.
13 in. (33.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Sold at Christie's London, 7 June 1993, lot 99

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Lot Essay

Compare this vase to a smiliar pair which also have Qianlong marks, illustrated in Elegance and Radiance: Grandeur in Qing Glass, The Andrew K.F. Lee Collection, Hong Kong, 2000, pp. 296, no. 111. The style of carving of the ruby-red overlay to the snowflake ground is very similar.

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