AN IMPERIAL RUBY-RED GLASS GLOBULAR WATER POT
AN IMPERIAL RUBY-RED GLASS GLOBULAR WATER POT
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AN IMPERIAL RUBY-RED GLASS GLOBULAR WATER POT

QIANLONG WHEEL-CUT FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN a DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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AN IMPERIAL RUBY-RED GLASS GLOBULAR WATER POT
QIANLONG WHEEL-CUT FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN a DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The slightly compressed globular body rises from a flat circular foot to an incurved mouth. The translucent material is of an ruby red colour.
2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) wide, metal spoon
Literature
Franz Art, Chinese Art from the Hedda and Lutz Franz Collection-Glass, vol. 2, Hong Kong, 2011, pp. 168, pl. no. 1309

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The present water pot of ruby red tone was a colour first introduced to the Chinese artisans by Killian Stumpf when he set up the Imperial glassworks in 1696. It became a favourite colour at Court throughout the eighteenth century.

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