A TRANSPARENT RUBY GLASS FACETED VASE

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A TRANSPARENT RUBY GLASS FACETED VASE
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED MARK WITHIN A SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD

The compressed angular body raised on a separately anealed, conforming foot ring merging to a thick-walled cylindrical neck, all cut with fourteen facets, flaring slightly outwards from the shoulder to the mouth, the transparent glass of deep claret tone with an area of opaque mauve-pink swirling at the mouth rim
8¾in. (22.3cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare the pair of similar glass vases bearing Yongzheng marks included in the exhibition, Clear as Crystal, Red as Flame, China Institute in America, New York, 1990, illustrated by Brown and Rabiner in the Catalogue, p. 56, no. 19