AN UNUSUAL GOURD-SHAPED BURGUNDY-RED GLASS VASE

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AN UNUSUAL GOURD-SHAPED BURGUNDY-RED GLASS VASE
18TH CENTURY

The slender, six-lobed upper section tapering inwards before flaring out again in six pendulous drops to meet the globular lower body which rises from a low foot
6½in. (16.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare the larger sky-blue glazed, gourd-shaped vase, dated to the Yongzheng period, included in The Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-chêng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, Catalogue, no. 66