RARE VASE IMPERIAL EN VERRE BLEU TRANSLUCIDE, ZHADOU
RARE VASE IMPERIAL EN VERRE BLEU TRANSLUCIDE, ZHADOU
RARE VASE IMPERIAL EN VERRE BLEU TRANSLUCIDE, ZHADOU
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RARE VASE IMPERIAL EN VERRE BLEU TRANSLUCIDE, ZHADOU

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE INCISEE A QUATRE CARACTERES DANS UN CARRE ET EPOQUE YONGZHENG (1723-1735)

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RARE VASE IMPERIAL EN VERRE BLEU TRANSLUCIDE, ZHADOU
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE INCISEE A QUATRE CARACTERES DANS UN CARRE ET EPOQUE YONGZHENG (1723-1735)
Le corps est de forme globulaire aplatie sous une taille étroite et un large col circulaire aux bords plats.
Diamètre: 13 cm. (5 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Spink & Son, London, April 1989.
Bluett Oriental Arts Ltd., London.
Collection of Walter and Phyllis Shorenstein.
Christie's, Hong Kong, Luminous Colours: Treasures from the Shorenstein Collection, 1 December 2010, lot 2915.
Literature
Minor Arts of China IV, Spink & Son, London, April 1989, no. 109.
C. Brown and D. Rabiner, Clear as Crystal, Red as Flame, China Institute in America, New York, 1990, no. 14.
C.F. Shangraw and C. Brown, A Chorus of Colors: Chinese Glass from Three American Collections, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1995, no. 22.
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Additional costs of 5.5% including tax of the auction price will be taken in addition to the usual costs charged to the buyer. These additional costs are likely to be reimbursed to the buyer on presentation of proof of export of the batch outside the Union European within the legal deadlines (See the "VAT" section of Terms of sale)
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A VERY RARE IMPERIAL TRANSLUCENT BLUE GLASS ZHADOU
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG ENGRAVED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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Lot Essay

Yongzheng-marked glass wares are very limited in number. The areas of crizzling are due to an excess amount of alkali in the preparation. This is a tendency seen in glass of the Kangxi period and suggests that this vessel may have been produced early in the Yongzheng reign.

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