Lot Essay
The yinyang symbol represents complementary opposites.
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QIANLONG ENGRAVED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
A FINE AND RARE IMPERIAL TRANSPARENT RUBY GLASS CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG ENGRAVED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Of compressed cushion form, the cover carved with a yinyang roundel, the glass of rich ruby-red colour
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) diam.
QIANLONG ENGRAVED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Of compressed cushion form, the cover carved with a yinyang roundel, the glass of rich ruby-red colour
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Previously sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 9-10 October 1990, lot 2000
Literature
C.F. Shangraw and C. Brown, A Chorus of Colors: Chinese Glass from Three American Collections, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1995, no. 48
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