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2405 THE PROPERTY OF A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTOR
A SMALL AVENTURINE GLASS QUADRILOBED WATER POT 2406
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) A LARGE OPAQUE PINK GLASS BOTTLE VASE
18TH-19TH CENTURY
Of begonia shape, each lobe is carved in low relief with a lotus spray
within a slightly recessed panel. The vase has a compressed, globular body that rises to a tall,
2√ in. (7.4 cm.) wide, Japanese wood box cylindrical neck and is supported on a low foot. The opaque glass is
of an even pink color.
$6,000-8,000 17 in. (43.2 cm.) high

PROVENANCE: $8,000-12,000

Deaccessioned from the collection of St. John’s University, 清十八/十九世紀 粉紅玻璃長頸瓶
New York, in 2007.

This elegant water pot made from ‘aventurine’ glass would have been a most
appropriate object for a scholar’s table, and complemented other articles
made from the same material which are in the Qing Court Collection, Beijing,
and illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum
- Small Refned Articles of the Study, Shanghai, 2009. All are dated to the
Qianlong period and include a small lotus leaf-form ink palette or brush
washer, no. 119; no. 128, an inkrest; a combination pomegranate-shaped
water container and fnger citron-shaped vase, no. 202; and a carving of
three rams amidst rocks symbolizing the auspicious beginning of the New
Year, which has a Qianlong seal mark, no. 319.

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