A CLAIR-DE-LUNE GLASS JAR
A CLAIR-DE-LUNE GLASS JAR
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A CLAIR-DE-LUNE GLASS JAR

YONGZHENG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A CLAIR-DE-LUNE GLASS JAR
YONGZHENG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The circular jar is supported on a splayed foot rising to a short waisted neck and lipped rim. The material is of an even pale bluish-white tone.
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high
Provenance
A distinguished South African Collection, acquired in London in the 1960s-70s

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Lot Essay

The Qing Court Records list 30 different colours of monochrome glass made by the Imperial Workshops during the Yongzheng period, including the clair-de-lune on the present lot, see Zhang Rong, Luster of Autumn Water: Glass of Qing Imperial Workshop, Beijing, 2005, p. 15. The author also states that Yongzheng-marked glass, predominantly monochrome, are very rare with only 21 pieces in the collection of the Beijing Palace Museum, and under 100 pieces in other collections.

Compare to a Yongzheng-marked yellow glass jar of the similar shape but smaller size (3.8 cm high) in the Beijing Palace Museum, op. cit., pl. 8.

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