A small and rare red glass zhadou, Mark and period of Qianlong | 清乾隆 透明紅料小渣斗 《乾隆年製》款

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 20th May 1987, lot 611. 

J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 1987. 

香港蘇富比1987年5月20日，編號611

藍理捷，紐約，1987年

The present zhadou is unique in its small size, ovoid body and short flaring neck. Qianlong reign-marked zhadou of a larger size with a longer neck and a more compressed body are more commonly known: see a realgar-imitation example sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1st June 2011, lot 3798, and a yellow glass zhadou from the collection of Alan Feen, included in the exhibition A Chorus of Colors, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, 1995, cat. no. 61, and sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 24th November 2010, lot 203.

For a Yongzheng reign-marked yellow glass zhadou of larger size and fluted form in the Palace Museum, Beijing, see Luster of Autumn Water. Glass of the Qing Imperial Workshop, Beijing, 2005, no. 11.