GLASS VASE
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QING DYNASTY, QIANGLONG MARK AND PERIOD (1736-1795)
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21.4 cm high
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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.
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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.
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Provenance:
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Formerly in a private collection, Hong Kong