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AN IMPERIAL TRANSPARENT BLUE GLASS 清乾隆 藍透明玻璃八棱瓶
雙方框《乾隆年製》楷書刻款
OCTAGONAL BOTTLE VASE
北京故宮博物院藏較大同式瓶一件，見2005年北京出版張榮編《光凝秋
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE 水—清宮造辦處玻璃器》，圖版23號。
SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The somewhat compressed body raised on a tall foot and rising
towards the tall, gently tapering neck, all carved with eight slightly
concave facets
5 ¿ in. (13 cm.) high, box
HK$240,000-350,000 US$32,000-45,000
A vase of this form and colour with a Qianlong mark, but of slightly
larger size (15.1 cm.) is in the Palace Museum Beijing, and is illustrated
by Zhang Rong (ed.), Luster of Autumn Water, Glass of the Qing Imperial
Workshop, Beijing, 2005, no. 23.
Other vases of this pleasing form and date, but in different colours
including turquoise-green, yellow, red, and leaf-green in the Andrew
K.F. Lee Collection, are illustrated in Elegance and Radiance, The Art
Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000, nos. 17-21, where
a blue Yongzheng marked vase is illustrated as no. 16.
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