CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIÈME-XIXÈME SIÈCLE

Details

RARE VASE EN VERRE JAUNE, GU
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIÈME-XIXÈME SIÈCLE
Hauteur : 20,6 cm. (8 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Spink & Son Ltd., London, April 1989.
Collection of Walter and Phyllis Shorenstein.
Christie's Hong Kong, Luminous Colours: Treasures from the Shorenstein Collection, 1 December 2010, lot 2949.

Literature

C. Brown and D. Rabiner, Clear as Crystal, Red as Flame, China Institute in America, 1990, p. 78, no. 43
C.F. Shangraw and C. Brown, A Chorus of Colors: Chinese Glass from Three American Collections, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1995, p. 111, no. 87.

Exhibited

London, Spink & Son Ltd., The Minor Arts of China IV, 4-21 April 1989, no. 114.

Further details

AN UNUSUAL OPAQUE YELLOW GLASS VASE, GU
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

The shape of this glass vase takes its inspiration from blue and white porcelain vases of gu form, such as those produced during the mid-17th century. Compare the vase of this type illustrated by M. Butler et al., Treasures from an unknown Reign: Shunzhi Porcelain, 1644-1661, Alexandria, Virginia, 2002, p. 187, no. 55. The decoration of the present vase was also probably inspired by the narrative military scenes found on blue and white porcelain vases during the 17th century, which were themselves drawn from popular novels and operas.

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