A small octagonal realgar glass vase, Mark and period of Yongzheng | 清雍正 仿雄黃料八棱長頸瓶 《雍正年製》款

A small octagonal realgar glass vase

Mark and period of Yongzheng

清雍正 仿雄黃料八棱長頸瓶 《雍正年製》款

the compressed bulbous body with eight facetted sides rising to a long slender neck, supported on a tall foot of conforming shape, the glass of opaque brilliant fiery orange, yellow ochre colour swirled together resembling the realgar mineral, the base with a wheel-cut four-character reign mark within a double square

Height 14.1 cm, 5 1/2 in.