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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN COLLECTION
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AN IMPERIAL RUBY-RED GLASS GLOBULAR ᪺̗㡳 ഢ⊆☾ἼΎ᥆˦ 㢴ᑝᙌौಧᕋטᢎ
WATER POT
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QIANLONG WHEEL-CUT FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A
DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) 'SBO[ "SU卿Ƕ$IJOFTF "SU GSPN UIF )FEEB BOE -VU[ 'SBO[
The slightly compressed globular body rises from a flat circular $PMMFDUJPO (MBTTǷ卿✄Հݺ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿⤔⽚
foot to an incurved mouth. The translucent material is of an ruby
red colour.
ᛓ։⡚ᙠ᭢⎶⼘्ㄴ㤖ࢇ⎏㞖ⰰᇤ⠄卿㘺♎⅘∇㜩ᙹᛓ⊐ ,JMMJBO
2 æ in. (7 cm.) wide, metal spoon
4UVNQG ᙻ ჺᅸݣԋஇ卿Ӷۣஙࢦݨӽ⡕Ꮀἃ᳖ᅡ੧⊇⎏㯭
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-64,000 ⰰ卿Գ㪏ჺ㧿ᝤㄴἃ༈ԋ☖ᙹ卿⏜ߪݯㄴ݈⊇ஙᭆㅳᙠ⋁
ԋǯ᫉≡≡㕇⊶Ꮣ卿㙁⡵㪿卿ἃ㫇᫈սᇌ༈ԋ㙁㗤⽔᧐ᴽӻ
LITERATURE
Franz Art, Chinese Art from the Hedda and Lutz Franz Collection- ⧎Ԡ⅘∇ǯ
Glass, vol. 2, Hong Kong, 2011, pp. 168, pl. no. 1309
The present water pot of ruby red tone was a colour first
introduced to the Chinese artisans by Killian Stumpf when he
set up the Imperial glassworks in 1696. It became a favourite
colour at Court throughout the eighteenth century.
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