Description
A CHINESE IMPERIAL FACETED YELLOW BEIJING GLASS BOTTLE VASE
FOUR CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95
With a bulbous octagonal body with a long slender neck raised on a tall foot, with a four character mark in a square border incised to the base, together with a reticulated wood stand, 15cm. (2)
Provenance: from the collection of Leonard Henry Pike (1885-1961).
Cf. C Brown and D Rabiner, Clear as Crystal, Red as Flame, p.75, no.39 for a similar vase from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. See also E B Curtis, Pure Brightness Shines Everywhere: The Glass of China, pl.9.1. A similar vase was sold at Christie's Hong Kong on 1st December 2010, lot 2925 and another on 28th May 2014, lot 2916 from the Edward T Chow Collection.
