A TRANSLUCENT GARNET-RED GLASS FACETED VASE
Lot 1795 PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST COLLECTION

A TRANSLUCENT GARNET-RED GLASS FACETED VASE

QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER WHEEL-CUT MARK WITHIN A SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Closed25 September 2020

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A TRANSLUCENT GARNET-RED GLASS FACETED VASE
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER WHEEL-CUT MARK WITHIN A SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The well-hollowed, pear-shaped vase is cut with eight concave facets and is supported on a similarly faceted foot. The glass is of deep garnet-red color.
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high

Alvin Lo, Hong Kong, 1998.

Specialist note


Vases of this elegant shape, with the body and neck subtly fluted with eight slightly concave facets, dating from the Yongzheng period (1723-1735) through the Guangxu period (1875-1908), both in transparent and opaque glass, and in various colors, are represented in the Andrew K. F. Lee Collection and illustrated in Elegance and Radiance: Grandeur in Qing Glass, The Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000, pp. 112-29, nos. 15-23. Two of the vases, nos. 19 and 20, are of deep ruby-red color and have Qianlong marks. See, also, the similar Qianlong-marked ruby-red vase from the Hugh W. Greenburg Collection sold at Christie's New York, 18-19 September 2014, lot 1138.