A RARE MOULDED TRANSPARENT BLUE GLASS RIBBED BOTTLE VASE

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Details

A RARE MOULDED TRANSPARENT BLUE GLASS RIBBED BOTTLE VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The compressed globular body moulded with twelve slender ribs continuing under the countersunk base, with thinner ribs extending the length of the tall, slender neck which flares slightly towards the rim and is encircled by a ring below the mouth, the glass slightly crizzled
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high

Provenance

S. Bernstein, San Francisco, 2000

Literature

C.F. Shangraw and C. Brown, A Chorus of Colors: Chinese Glass from Three American Collections, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1995, no. 19

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Lot Essay

This vase may be based on European prototypes, reflecting an interest in European glass of 17th and 18th century date. Compare two 17th century Dutch blue glass bottles of similar shape, but with engraved decoration, illustrated by B. Klesse and H. Mayr, European Glass from 1500-1800: The Ernesto Wolf Collection, Vienna, 1987, nos. 160a and 160b. On these two bottles the ring encircling the neck served to secure a metal band and attached stopper.

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