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A TURQUOISE GLASS BOTTLE VASE
Incised Qianlong four-character mark and of the
period
Of globular form raised on a short foot and
surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck, the blue
surface entirely plain.
34cm (13 1/3in) high
£8,000 - 12,000
HK$88,000 - 130,000
CNY73,000 - 110,000
清乾隆 天青料天球瓶
「乾隆年製」楷書刻款
This vase may be a product of the Beijing Glass
Factory, which was established in the Imperial City
by the Jesuit missionary Kilian Stumpf during the
18th century. Comparable examples are illustrated
by C. Brown and D. Rabiner, The Robert H. Clague
Collection: Chinese Glass of the Qing dynasty,
Phoenix, 1960, pp.36-37.

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