A TRANSLUCENT GARNET-RED GLASS BOTTLE VASE
A TRANSLUCENT GARNET-RED GLASS BOTTLE VASE
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A TRANSLUCENT GARNET-RED GLASS BOTTLE VASE

QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER WHEEL-CUT MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A TRANSLUCENT GARNET-RED GLASS BOTTLE VASE
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER WHEEL-CUT MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vase has a globular body and cylindrical neck, and the glass is of a deep garnet-red color.
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high
Provenance
Alvin Lo, Hong Kong, 1997.

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During the Qianlong period, glass vases of this bottle shape were made in various colors, both in translucent and opaque glass. A translucent, ruby-red example with Qianlong mark in the Andrew K. F. Lee Collection is illustrated in Elegance and Radiance: Grandeur in Qing Glass, The Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000, pp. 104-5, no. 11.

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