IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, INCISED QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A VERY RARE RED OVERLAY WHITE GLASS BOTTLE
Imperial, Palace Workshops, Beijing, incised Qianlong four-character mark and of the period (1736-1795)
Of rounded form, fluidly carved through the pinkish-red overlay with a continuous pond scene with blossoming lotus and a single dragonfly in flight, stopper
1¾in. (4.4cm.) high

Provenance

Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 3 November 1994, lot 865.

Lot Essay

For related Qianlong overlay glass bottles, each bearing a similar wheel-cut reign mark, see Chang Lin-sheng, Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, pp. 216-219, nos. 280-291. See, also, three Qianlong overlay glass bottles, all with wheel-cut reign marks, illustrated in Masterpieces of Snuff Bottles in the Palace Museum, Beijing, 1995, pp. 90-91, nos. 74-76.

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