Live Auction 20163Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
AN IMPERIAL RED-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS ‘KUI-DRAGON’ VASE
Lot 2996

AN IMPERIAL RED-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS ‘KUI-DRAGON’ VASE

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

Closed3 December 2021

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HKD 3,250,000

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AN IMPERIAL RED-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS ‘KUI-DRAGON’ VASE
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER WHEEL-CUT MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The finely formed vase is carved to the bulbous body in relief through the rich ruby-red overlay to the opaque white ground with four shaped cartouches each formed by a pair of confronting kui-dragons, all between two scrolling flower bands to the shoulder and above the foot. The mouth rim is decorated with stylised lappets and the everted foot with cloud scrolls.
7 1⁄8 in. (18.3 cm) high

Specialist note

It appears the present vase is a pair to a virtually identical vase sold at Christie’s New York, 21-22 March 2013, lot 1423. Both vases are decorated in the two glass-working techniques, which combines the extraordinary skills of the carver with the technical achievements forged in the Imperial glass workshop during the Qianlong period. A related red-overlay glass vase from the Qianlong period is illustrated in Elegance and Radiance: Grandeur in Qing Glass, the Andrew K.F. Lee Collection, Hong Kong: Art Museum, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000, p. 280. pl. 104. A related Imperial four-colour glass hu-form vase from the Shorenstein Collection was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 December 2010, lot 2929. Compare also to a related Imperial ruby-red overlay white glass bottle vase from the Qianlong period, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2018, lot 2914.