AN IMPERIAL LARGE TRANSPARENT BLUE GLASS BOTTLE VASE

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

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AN IMPERIAL LARGE TRANSPARENT BLUE GLASS BOTTLE VASE
QIANLONG INSCRIBED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Raised on a slightly flared foot, the globular body carved with vertical lobes below a plain band at the base of the tall cylindrical neck, of rich blue colour
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) high

Provenance

Previously sold at Christie's New York, 2 June 1989, lot 231
P.C. Lu and Sons, Ltd., Hong Kong, December 1989

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. 46

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Lot Essay

The lobed body of the present vase is quite unusual, and is an attractive variation of the more usual glass bottle shape, with plain globular body and tall cylindrical neck, such as the taller (14 7/8 in.) transparent blue example illustrated by C. Brown and D. Rabiner, The Robert H. Clague Collection: Chinese Glass of the Qing Dynasty, Phoenix Art Museum, 1987, no. 11, which is dated to the second half of the 18th century.

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