AN OPAQUE TURQUOISE GLASS DISH

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AN OPAQUE TURQUOISE GLASS DISH
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED MARK WITHIN A SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD

The shallow dish with plain, rounded sides rising to a lipped rim supported on a cylindrical foot, the dish of sky-blue tone with some faint swirls and darkening in an area in the interior conforming to the outline of the foot ring
6¾in. (17.2cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

The majority of opaque turquoise glass vessels which have been published appear to be simple, elegant forms which are undecorated, such as the bottle vase and tripod censer included in the exhibition, Clear as Crystal, Red as Flame, China Institute in America, New York, 1990, illustrated by Brown and Rabiner in the Catalogue, nos. 33 and 34

For an example of this form in transparent blue glass see, A Chorus of Colors, Chinese Glass from Three American Collections, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1995, Catalogue, pp. 78-79, no. 47