A RARE LARGE PINK GLASS BOTTLE VASE WHEEL-CUT MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG

beautifully modelled from a solid block of pink-coloured glass, the spherical body supported on a flared foot, sweeping up to a broad tubular neck and flat rim, the glass of even rose-pink colour with paler strains encircling the neck, the recessed base inscribed with a four-character wheel-cut reign mark within double squares

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 15th November 1983, lot 338.

There are a few very minute nicks on top of the rim. There is a small nick, some nibbling and couple of minute air bubble to the footrim. There are some surface scratches to the body, including a somewhat deeper vertical scratch (approx. 10 cm) to one side. Otherwise the vase is in good condition. The actual colour is a little brighter compared to the catalogue illustration.
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

Another Qianlong vase of this type, was sold twice in these rooms, 31st October 1991, lot 330, and 8th October 2008, lot 2670; a pair was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 16th September 1989, lot 428; a smaller example was sold in our New York rooms, 22nd March 1999, lot 442; and another, but with a slightly more compressed globular body, inscribed with a four-character seal mark, was sold in these rooms, 27th April 1993, lot 298.

Vases of this form were made in a variety of colours; see a pair of opaque turquoise vases sold in these rooms, 17th November 1988, lot 280; and another of translucent amber-red colour, included in the exhibition Clear as Crystal. Red as Flame, China House Gallery, China Institute in America, New York, 1990, cat. no. 24.