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A SMALL CARVED TRANSLUCENT BLUE GLASS ‘CHILONG’ AN OPAQUE MOTTLED TURQUOISE GLASS BOTTLE VASE
BOTTLE VASE QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A SQUARE
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED MARK AND OF THE PERIOD AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
(1736-1795) The vase is raised on a high octagonal foot supporting a slightly compressed
The vase is carved overall to the exterior in relief with four intertwined sinuous body and tall neck of conforming shape. It is of a mottled greenish-blue colour.
chilong below a lipped rim and splayed foot. The glass is of a bright sapphire 5æ in. (14.5 cm.) high
tone.
£4,000-6,000 $5,700-8,400
6Ω in. (16.5 cm.) high
€4,600-6,900
£4,000-6,000 $5,700-8,400
€4,600-6,900
Other vases of this form and date and in varying colours including turquoise-
green, yellow, red, and leaf-green in the Andrew K.F. Lee Collection, are
PROVENANCE
illustrated in Elegance and Radiance, The Art Museum, The Chinese
The Henrich Collection.
The Property of Professor P. H. and Mrs. T. Plesch, Sotheby’s London, 12 University of Hong Kong, 2000, nos. 17-21.
November 1979, lot 102.
清乾隆 松石綠料長頸瓶 「乾隆年製」楷書刻款
清乾隆 藍料螭龍紋膽瓶 「乾隆年製」刻款
來源:Heinrich私人收藏; 皮特•普萊氏教授伉儷收藏; 倫
敦蘇富比1979年11月12日拍賣, 拍品102號

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270 Other fees apply in addition to the hammer price – see Section D of our Conditions of Sale at the back of this Catalogue