A VERY RARE BEIJING RED GLASS OVERLAY CIRCULAR CANDLESTICK HOLDER

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A VERY RARE BEIJING RED GLASS OVERLAY CIRCULAR CANDLESTICK HOLDER
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Of shallow dish-form, the broad everted mouth rim carved through the purplish-pink overlay to an opalescent white ground with a Shou medallion at each of the four cardinal points, divided by archaistic chi dragons, within red line borders, surrounding a floral scroll encircling the circular holder of carved red glass, supporting a cylindrical yellow glass ring forming the receptacle, the reverse side with the reign mark on the footring, with each of the characters incised at four cardinal points, encircling the recessed base
7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) diam.

Provenance

William Lillyman

Literature

Pure Brightness Shines Everywhere, The Glass of China, Emily Byrne Curtis, London, 2004, pp. 79-80

Lot Essay

A related saucer with red glass overlay is illustrated by Zhang Rong, Luster of Autumn Water, Glass of the Qing Imperial Workshops, Forbidden City Publishing House, 2005, no. 61. The colours of the metal and style of carving can be closely compared to a dou in the Palace Museum collection, illustrated, ibid., no. 76.

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