Lot Essay
X-ray analysis of the body of the bottle vase has shown that the colour of the glass is due to vanadium.
THE VASE WITH A QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK, BOTH 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Details
A YELLOW GLASS VASE, AND A YELLOW GLASS 'LOTUS' BOWL
the vase with a qianlong six-character seal mark, both 18th/19th century
The vase with a squat globular body rising to a tall cylindrical neck, the rich yellow glass carved with two cartouches enclosing flowering branches issuing from rockwork, 8 in. (21.6 cm.) high; the bowl of a more golden yellow, carved at the inside and the outside with lotus petals, rim chip restored, 6 in. (15.7 cm.) diam. (2)
the vase with a qianlong six-character seal mark, both 18th/19th century
The vase with a squat globular body rising to a tall cylindrical neck, the rich yellow glass carved with two cartouches enclosing flowering branches issuing from rockwork, 8 in. (21.6 cm.) high; the bowl of a more golden yellow, carved at the inside and the outside with lotus petals, rim chip restored, 6 in. (15.7 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
The vase and bowl: The Henrich Collection
Literature
The bowl: P.H. Plesch, Some approaches to the study of later Chinese glass, Festschrift fr Peter Wilhelm Meister, Hamburg 1975, pp.71-80, pl.6; P.H. Plesch, Some decorative techniques found in later Chinese glass, T.O.C.S., 1979-80, pp.47-66, pl.10
Exhibited
The bowl: Dsseldorf Museum 1968, no.334; The Circle of Glass Collectors 1987/88, no.202