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PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST COLLECTION
1798
AN OPAQUE TURQUOISE GLASS BOTTLE VASE Glass vases of this bottle shape, with Qianlong marks, were
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED MARK made in various colors, in both opaque and transparent
WITHIN A SQUARE AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD glass. Several in the Andrew K. F. Lee Collection are
The bulbous body is raised on a spreading foot with a slightly illustrated in Elegance of Radiance: Grandeur in Qing Glass,
recessed base and rises to a tall, cylindrical neck. The The Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
opaque glass is of even turquoise color. 2000, pp. 100-7, nos. 9-12. An opaque turquoise example in
the Robert H. Clague Collection is illustrated by C. Brown
8Ω in. (21.5 cm.) high
and D. Rabiner in Chinese Glass of the Qing Dynasty, 1644-
1911, pp. 36-37, no. 35.
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
Alvin Lo, Hong Kong, 1999.

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