AN IMPERIAL TURQUOISE GLASS BOTTLE VASE

Lot 2084

2084

Details

AN IMPERIAL TURQUOISE GLASS BOTTLE VASE
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

The high-shouldered tapering body surmounted by a tall, cylindrical neck, the opaque glass of soft greenish turquoise colour imitating a celadon glaze
9 1/4 in. (23.6 cm.) high, wood stand, Japanese wood box

Provenance

A Japanese private collection, Kansai, Japan

Exhibited

Kuboso Museum, Izumi City, Japan, Exhibition of Flower Vases, 1994, Catalogue no. 38

Sale room notice

Please note that this lot is a single bottle and not a pair as stated in the Chinese caption in the catalogue.

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Lot Essay

A bluish-turquoise glass vase of this form and date in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, was included in the exhibition, Clear as Crystal, Red as Flame, China Institute, New York, 21 April - 16 June 1990, no. 33. Compare also a yellow glass vase of the same form sold at Christie's New York, 20 March 2001, lot 4.

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