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The Property of a British Family 英國家族藏品
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A RED-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS ‘PRUNUS AND BAMBOO’ VASE Provenance: according to family history, which is supported by family
Qianlong four-character mark and of the period records illustrating the progress of British troops in Beijing at the time,
With a globular body rising to a tall tubular neck with a lipped rim and this object was acquired by a military attaché posted to Beijing at the
supported on a splayed foot, the exterior of the body skillfully carved time of the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. He was attached to the staff of
through the single layer of red with a butterfly, bamboo, and plum Brigadier-General A.Gaselee, the commander of the British contingent.
blossoms below a band of upright banana leaves encircling the neck,
further decorated with a band of C-scrolls beneath the mouth-rim. 來源：據家族歷史記錄，1900年義和團運動期間，藏家作為英國准將
18cm (4 4/5in) high. A. Gaselee的隨行外交官得此拍品於北京。

£2,000 - 3,000 Compare with a related red-overlay white glass bottle vase, Qianlong
CNY18,000 - 27,000 incised six-character mark and of the period, which was sold at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2018, lot 2914.
清乾隆 御製白套紅玻璃竹蝶圖瓶
「乾隆年製」楷書刻款

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