A CHINESE TURQUOISE GLASS OCTAGONAL VASE

Qing Dynasty, Qianlong four-character incised mark and probably of the period

或為清乾隆 松石綠玻璃八角瓶

《乾隆年製》款

The octagonal eight-sided vase with fluted facets, raised on a tall tapering foot, with a bulbous pear-shaped body, rising to a prolonged thin faceted neck, the glass of an even sea-green turquoise hue with sightly mottled pattern, the recessed base with a wheel-cut qianlong nian zhi mark with a square.

19cm high

-

NOTES:

Please refer to a similar example of this shape in the Andrew K. F. Lee collection, included in the exhibition Elegance and Radiance, The Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2000, cat. no. 17; and another similar example sold at Christie's, Hong Kong, 29-30th October 2001, lot 653.

-

LITERATURE:

Please refer to another similar example in yellow glass illustrated in Emily Byrne Curtis, Pure Brightness Shines Everywhere. The Glass of China, Aldershot, 2004, pl. 9.1.; two further examples, one in blue glass and another in realgar illustrated in A Chorus of Colors. Chinese Glass from Three American Collections, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, University of Washington Press, 1995, pl.45, pl.52; three further examples in red and yellow glass illustrated in Claudia Brown and Donald Rabiner, Clear as Crystal, Red as Flame. Later Chinese Glass, China Institute of America, New York, 1990, pl. 19, pl. 29; another blue vase illustrated in The Robert H. Clague Collection. Chinese Glass of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, Phoenix Art Museum, 1987, pl. 5.

Please login or create an account to view/request condition reports