GLASS VASE
QING DYNASTY, QIANGLONG MARK AND PERIOD (1736-1795)
21.4 cm high
The globular body rests on a slightly spreading foot and rises to an elongated, cylindrical neck with a flat lip. The base is incised with a four-character Qianglong mark. The opaque glass is of pale turquoise tone.
Glass vases of the present type are refined examples of palace workshop manufacture. This particular form was crafted in both opaque and transparent glass in a variety of colours. A closely related example of the same size, but dating from the Yongzheng period (1723-1735), is illustrated in Elegance and Radiance: Grandeur in Qing Glass, The Andrew K. F. Lee Collection, The Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000, pl. 9, pp. 100-101. A Qianglong period example is depicted in Claudia Brown and Donald Rabiner, Chinese Glass of the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911: The Robert H. Clague Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, no. 35, pp. 36-37.
Provenance:
Formerly in a private collection, Hong Kong