A RARE LARGE CARVED OPAQUE IMPERIAL YELLOW GLASS BOWL

QIANLONG ENGRAVED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A RARE LARGE CARVED OPAQUE IMPERIAL YELLOW GLASS BOWL
QIANLONG ENGRAVED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The deep sides rising to a slightly everted rim and carved through a slightly paler outer layer to the somewhat darker ground with an undulating, leafy stem bearing large flowers to create a subtle contrast of yellow tones
10 3/8 in. (27 cm.) diam.

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. 85

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Lot Essay

The decoration and the bold, graceful style of the carving are similar to that of a transparent red glass bowl, with Qianlong mark, in the Andrew K.F. Lee Collection, illustrated in Elegance and Radiance, The Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000, no. 79.

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