QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

With the introduction of new techniques in glass making, a much wider variety of colours and shapes in glassworks emerged during the early eighteenth century. The overlay technique was more often applied on snuff bottles than vases, and the present vase is even more unusual for its distinctive geometric design. Compare with another Beijing overlay glass vase from the same period sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2018, lot 2934, which is decorated with opaque white splashes on a translucent ground.