CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE A QUATRE CARACTERES ET EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

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RARE VASE MINIATURE EN VERRE A DECOR EN EMAUX DE LA FAMILLE ROSE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE A QUATRE CARACTERES ET EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
De forme balustre, reposant sur un petit pied, la panse ornée d'une scène continue représentant un dignitaire tenant un sceptre, accompagné d'un serviteur, se dirigeant vers un groupe de trois lettrés sous un grand pin, regardant Shoulao sur sa grue volant au-dessus d'un pavillon, l'épaulement rehaussé de quatre cartouches à décor d'insectes et fruits, réservés sur fond de volutes rouges, le col agrémenté d'une frise de ruyi, marque à quatre caractères de l'Empereur Qianlong à la base
Hauteur: 9,1 cm. (3 9/16 in.)

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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELLED GLASS MINIATURE VASE
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Lot Essay

In a recent study, Mysteries of the Ancient Moon, January 2006, pp.31 and 32, Hugh Moss explains that the piece compares very favourably to a large group of enamelled glass snuff bottles and other objects for the scholar's desk produced in Yangzhou at the end of the Qianlong reign and dates the vase from between 1770-1799 (noting that even after the Emperor abdicated, works of art produced for him continued to bear his reign mark). Moss also notes that this category of enamelled glass objects with Qianlong marks relates closely to another group with Guyue Xuan marks and date to the same period. For comparable enamelled glass snuff bottles, see Robert Kleiner, Treasure from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Denis Low, Singapore, 1999, no. 20.
See also the small enamelled glass vase sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 20 April 2002, lot 721.

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