A RARE CARVED TRANSPARENT RUBY-RED GLASS BOWL

QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Details

A RARE CARVED TRANSPARENT RUBY-RED GLASS BOWL
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The deep, thin sides carved in relief with an archaistic design of taotie masks and chilong between a lappet border below and a ruyi border above, the mouth rim plain, the glass of clear, bright red colour
6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Previously sold at Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, 16 March 1989, lot 859

Literature

C. Brown and D. Rabiner, Clear as Crystal, Red as Flame, China Institute in America, New York, 1990, no. 46
C.F. Shangraw and C. Brown, A Chorus of Colors: Chinese Glass from Three American Collections, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1995, no. 82

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Lot Essay

Claudia Brown and David Rabiner in Clear as Crystal, Red as Flame, China Institute in America, New York, 1987, p. 29, note that the thinness of the body and the "clarity and warmth" of the red of this bowl set it apart from Imperial productions, and that it is more likely to have been made in the glasshouses of Guangzhou. They also note that the thinness and fragility of the glass from Guangzhou was remarked upon as early as the 18th century.

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