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Property from a Colorado private collection

7136
A ruby-red long neck glass vase
Qianlong four-character mark and of the period
The slightly compressed globular body rising to a long tapering
cylindrical neck supported on a spreading foot, the mark on the
recessed base wheel-cut within a double-lined square.
9 1/2in (24cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000

Property from the Ina and Sandford Gadient
collection

7137
A pink overlay milky white glass hexagonal vase
and matching stand
Qianlong mark, 18th/19th century
Of gently tapering hexagonal form, its slightly spreading neck and
rounded shoulder encased with a band of vertical plantain leaves, the
sides decorated with six conforming panels with arched tops framing
images of a pine tree, bamboo, and a blooming prunus tree and
separated by identically carved chilong, the lower section of the panels
concealed by a border of continuous rock formation, the underside
covered entirely with pink overlay, carved within a low circular foot
ring with a four-character mark, the matching stand displaying varied
shades designed with a recessed waist resting upon six shaped feet.
8 1/2in (21.6cm) height without stand
9 1/4in (23.5cm) height including stand
$4,000 - 6,000

Compare a pair of very similarly designed pink overlaid white glass vases, 7137
also from the Gadient collection, published and illustrated, Asiantiques,
Treasures of Chinese Glass Work Shops, 1997, p. 54, fig. 39. See also
a red overlaid ‘snowflake’ glass vase with hexagonal panels arranged
in a like fashion, on a yellow glass stand but carved in one piece, dated
as Qianlong period, published and illustrated, A & J Speelman, Chinese
Sculpture and Works of Art, 2002, p. 122, fig. 57.

7138
An unusual jiaoliao pink and white glass jar
18th century
Of tapering ovoid form resting upon a very subtly raised circular foot
ring, short cylindrical neck, its flat lip revealing a layer of opaque milky
white encased with semi-transparent white suffused with vibrant
rose-pink, the color intensified at shoulder and graduated into a
fainter shade towards its foot, the slightly waving surfaces exhibiting
numerous watery bubbles.
4 1/2in (11.5cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000

Published
Asiantiques Chinese Qing Dynasty Glass Treasures from the Gadient
Collection, Volume 3, 2011 p. 16, fig. 5

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