A SAPPHIRE-BLUE BEIJING GLASS VASE

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A SAPPHIRE-BLUE BEIJING GLASS VASE
INCISED QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD

Of mallet form with a tall cylindrical neck and a lipped rim, the clear metal of rich sapphire-blue colour (crack to body)
7 in. (16.8 cm.) high, box

Provenance

Mrs Gloria Merces.

Lot Essay

A transparent red vase of the same shape from the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Zhongguo Meishu Quanji, no. 250.

(US$2,500-3,000)

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