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           AN IMPERIAL RED OVERLAY GLASS DOUBLE-GOURD
           BOTTLE VASE
           Qianlong four-character Mark in a square and of the Period, Beijing   red-overlay snuff bottles of gourd shape, that represents one of the
           Palace Workshops                                  most intriguing groups of cameo-overlay glass from the eighteenth
           The semi-transparent dark red overlay beautifully carved with a   century. Their imperial status seems assured, given the wheel-cut
           scrolling double-gourd vine with five-petalled flower-heads and   Qianlong reign marks borne by many and their relationship to a group
           simple leaves that rises from a small pierced rockwork to one side of   of vessels still in the Imperial Collection in Beijing, see Yang Boda,
           the lower gourd and gently follows an anti-clockwise motion around   Zhongguo meishu quanji. Gongyi meishu bian, vol. 10, no’s. 263-
           the lower gourd, finally rising upward and continuing in the same   275. Whilst it is generally accepted that standards of glassmaking
           direction around the upper gourd, a band of overlay at the rim, on   began to decline by the 1760s, when master lapidaries turned their
           a short circular red-overlay foot ring, the white glass base with a   attention to the influx of jades pouring in from conquered lands to the
           double-squared Imperial mark.                     south, the lapidaries that still worked with glass, could still produce
           4 1/2in (12.2cm) high, box                        masterpieces such as this impressive example. With its characteristic
                                                             well-cut Qianlong mark, the superb lively design of vines gently rising
           $15,000 - 20,000                                  around the body, the use of a splendid dark strawberry-red overlay, it
                                                             displays all the artistic standards expected of Imperial workmanship.
           御製白套紅料《瓜瓞綿綿》葫蘆瓶 乾隆四字雙方框款 北京宮廷造
                                                             See also larger red overlay bottle vase with fruiting trees and
           Provenance                                        blossoms, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, Elegance and
           Gerard Hawthorn, London, Late 1990’s              Radiance, The Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
                                                             2000, pp. 286-87, no. 186.
           出處:
           倫敦 Gerard Hawthorn,1990 年代後期

           This small bottle vase bears comparison with a group of smaller











































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