11th Apr, 2024 11:00

TWO-DAY AUCTION: Fine Asian Art, Buddhism and Hinduism

 
Lot 118
 

118

AN IMPERIAL AQUAMARINE GLASS OCTAGONAL VASE, QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD

Sold for €3,900

including Buyer's Premium


Lot details

Expert’s note: The form, manufacturing flaws including swirls and bubbles, and the wheel cut mark all indicate that the vase most likely dates to the earlier years of the Qianlong period.

China, 1736-1795. Of pear-shaped form, the compressed spherical body supported on a straight foot, elegantly curving to the tall, slightly tapered neck, the transparent glass of an even aquamarine tone, the recessed base with a wheel-cut four-character reign mark Qianlong nianzhi and of the period.

Provenance: German private collection.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear, few minuscule chips to the mouth and foot, light surface scratches, the mouth and foot smoothened, and manufacturing flaws including bubbles and swirls in the glass.

Weight: 266.6 g
Dimensions: Height 14.2 cm

Literature comparison:
Compare a related turquoise glass vase of the same form in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Zhang Rong, Luster of Autumn Water. Glass of the Qing Imperial Workshop, Beijing, 2004, pl. 22.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 31 May 2017, lot 3177
Price: HKD 300,000 or approx. EUR 40,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: An imperial transparent blue glass octagonal bottle vase, Qianlong incised four-character mark within double-squares and of the period (1736-1795)
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, transparent glass, and Qianlong reign mark. Note the color and the condition including polished mouth-rim and minor chips to the edges.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 3 October 2017, lot 3728
Price: HKD 500,000 or approx. EUR 66,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare imperial green octagonal glass bottle vase wheel cut, mark and period of Qianlong
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, transparent glass, Qianlong reign mark, and size (13 cm).

#byimperialcommand

 

Expert’s note: The form, manufacturing flaws including swirls and bubbles, and the wheel cut mark all indicate that the vase most likely dates to the earlier years of the Qianlong period.

China, 1736-1795. Of pear-shaped form, the compressed spherical body supported on a straight foot, elegantly curving to the tall, slightly tapered neck, the transparent glass of an even aquamarine tone, the recessed base with a wheel-cut four-character reign mark Qianlong nianzhi and of the period.

Provenance: German private collection.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear, few minuscule chips to the mouth and foot, light surface scratches, the mouth and foot smoothened, and manufacturing flaws including bubbles and swirls in the glass.

Weight: 266.6 g
Dimensions: Height 14.2 cm

Literature comparison:
Compare a related turquoise glass vase of the same form in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Zhang Rong, Luster of Autumn Water. Glass of the Qing Imperial Workshop, Beijing, 2004, pl. 22.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 31 May 2017, lot 3177
Price: HKD 300,000 or approx. EUR 40,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: An imperial transparent blue glass octagonal bottle vase, Qianlong incised four-character mark within double-squares and of the period (1736-1795)
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, transparent glass, and Qianlong reign mark. Note the color and the condition including polished mouth-rim and minor chips to the edges.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 3 October 2017, lot 3728
Price: HKD 500,000 or approx. EUR 66,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare imperial green octagonal glass bottle vase wheel cut, mark and period of Qianlong
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, transparent glass, Qianlong reign mark, and size (13 cm).

#byimperialcommand

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