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PROPERTY OF A LADY Compare a similar blue glass bottle vase in the 清乾隆 松石綠料長頸瓶一對
A PAIR OF TURQUOISE GLASS collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 《乾隆年製》款
BOTTLE VASES included in the exhibition Clear as Crystal, Red
QIANLONG MARKS AND PERIOD as Flame, China Institute, New York, 1990, cat. 來源
no. 33. Another related example is illustrated in
Zhang Rong, Luster of Autumn Water: Glass of Edward A. Adams (1898-1981) 收藏，獲贈
each with an ovoid body, rising from a narrow
base to broad shoulders and a tall columnar the Qing Imperial Workshop, Beijing, 2005, pl. 於其1956年日本之行後，此後家族傳承
neck, with a sharply cut straight mouth, the 20. See also an example sold in our Hong Kong
opqaue glass a smoothly polished, vibrant rooms, 8th April 2011, lot 3097, and another
turquoise blue, the recessed base with a four- sold at Christie’s New York, 18th September
character wheel-cut mark within a square 2014, lot 1133.
border, wood stands (4) The present pair of vases was in the collection
Height 9¼ in., 23.5 cm of Edward A. “Tink” Adams, who founded
ArtCenter in 1930, a college dedicated to
PROVENANCE graphic and industrial design in Southern
Collection of Edward A. Adams (1898-1981), California. The vases were gifted to Adams
following his trip to Japan in 1956, and thence following his visit to Japan in 1956, during which
by descent. he advised on industrial design to aid in the
nation’s post-war recovery.
$ 30,000-50,000

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