Lot 150
150
A Red Overlay Glass Brushpot
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A Red Overlay Glass Brushpot

INCISED QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A SQUARE, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A Red Overlay Glass Brushpot
Incised Qianlong four-character mark within a square, 18th/19th century
Of cylindrical shape, carved and incised through a thick layer of dark red glass to a snowflake ground with two carp leaping out of water towards a pearl among clouds
5¼ in. (3.5 cm.) high
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Compare the closely-related 'dragon' jar from the Jingguantang Collection, sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 3 November 1996, lot 507 and the example from the City Art Gallery, Bristol, included in the Exhibition of Chinese Art, Venice, 1954, Catalogue, no. 915. A bowl with red dragons carved through to an opaque white ground is illustrated in Zhongguo Meishu Quanji, vol. 10, pl. 146, col. pl. 273. A yuhuchunping in ibid., p. 143, col. pl. 268 is also related in its treatment.

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