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A RARE CARVED AMBER-GLASS ‘SASH’ ᪺̗㡳 ᾘὀ⨔ἼΎ㢰⹂㹪♄ٞ⼛⁅
VASE ᑝᙌǗ̗㡳ໞ⽗ǘ᜷ᕋטᢎ
QIANLONG WHEELCUT FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A ൣ⿫
SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
ᛌᴹ䁗卿Ƕ UI $FOUVSZ 5IF (PMEFO "HF PG 1FLJOH (MBTTǷ卿
The pear-shaped vase is carved around the bulbous body with a
⡥⡙卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿எ㢙⤔⽚
shawl tied with a sash, below two chilong on the shoulder. The base
is wheelcut with the reign mark in regular script. 㿰׹།ᚉ⯠⻦Ӭ։៏⒢⣔ⰰ⅘∇≡卿଍௛⊶⊿卿ֿऱ᧙ߴԳ㪏᪪ࣿࡺㄷ
5 æ in. (14.5 cm.) high, box ⡠㱈卿ज㏱ᬘ㖅卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ⡥⡙צ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-65,000

EXHIBITED
Alvin Lo Oriental Art Limited, 18th Century: The Golden Age of
Peking Glass, New York, 14-24 September 1999, cat. no. 14
The decoration on this vase incorporates the depiction of a textile tied
around a vessel, which was a popular motif on both metal-bodied and
porcelain vases in the 18th century, such as a pair of Qianlong painted
enamel covered jars decorated with simulated brocade sashes, formerly
in the Fonthill Collection and sold at Christie’s London, 9 November
2004, lot 20. This decorative technique seems to have first become
popular in the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor, and
continued into the Qianlong period. It is very rare,
however, to find an example with such a motif in
glass. Compare a Qianlong-marked turquoise glass
vase with a compressed globular body but similarly
carved with a tied sash, formerly in the Lai Family
Collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 17 September
2015, lot 924.

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