A LARGE OPAQUE PINK GLASS BOTTLE VASE

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

Details

A LARGE OPAQUE PINK GLASS BOTTLE VASE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
With bulbous body raised on a ring foot and surmounted by a thick-walled cylindrical neck, the opaque glass of raspberry-pink tone with darker swirling throughout
16 3/8 in. (41.6 cm.) high

Provenance

The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong
The Jingguantang Collection, Part II, sold at Christie's New York, 20 March 1997, lot 32

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Lot Essay

Compare an opaque pale blue glass bottle vase of similar size and shape, illustrated by C.F. Shangraw and C. Brown, A Chorus of Colors: Chinese Glass from Three American Collections, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1995, no. 51. See, also, the pink glass vase of similar shape, but slightly smaller size (37 cm. high), inscribed with a Qianlong four-character mark, sold at Christie's New York, 29 November 1990, lot 106.

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