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2908

AN IMPORTANT AND RARE
BEIJING OPAQUE WHITE
AND RUBY-RED GLASS
VASE

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The vase has a compressed body and is
supported on a splayed foot. The exterior
is decorated with a layer of ruby-red glass
to the opaque white ground in a geometric
pattern formed as a pierced basket.
8 ¬ in. (22 cm.) high, box
HK$300,000-500,000
US$39,000-65,000
With the introduction of new techniques in
glass making, a much wider variety of colours
and shapes in glassworks emerged during
the early eighteenth century. The overlay
technique was more often applied on snuff
bottles than vases, and the present vase is
even more unusual for its distinctive geometric
design. Compare with another Beijing overlay
glass vase from the same period sold at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2018, lot
2934, which is decorated with opaque white
splashes on a translucent ground.

清十八世紀 白套紅料絡子尊

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