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A BLUE GLASS BOTTLE VASE Qianlong seal mark and of the period image 1
A BLUE GLASS BOTTLE VASE Qianlong seal mark and of the period image 2
Lot 85

A BLUE GLASS BOTTLE VASE
Qianlong seal mark and of the period

14 May 2025, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A BLUE GLASS BOTTLE VASE

Qianlong seal mark and of the period
The globular body with a domed shoulder gently sloping towards a slightly recessed base, surmounted by a long tubular neck, the base engraved with a four-character seal script mark, the glass of deep sapphire blue tone.
20.3cm (7 7/8in) high.

Footnotes

清乾隆 藍料長頸瓶
「乾隆年製」篆書刻款

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: The Oriental Art Gallery Ltd., Oriental Works of Art, London, 1994, no.126.

展覽著錄: The Oriental Art Gallery Limited,《Oriental Works of Art》,倫敦,1994年,插圖126

The Qing Court, deeply interested in Western technologies, established the Imperial Glassworks (Yangxindian Glass Workshop) in the Kangxi period, but it was during the Qianlong emperor's rule that production peaked. Artisans, many trained by Jesuits, experimented with new techniques such as overlay carving (liuyeli), enamelling, and faceted cutting, producing exquisite glassware in a dazzling array of colours, including ruby red, emerald green, and opaque white imitating jade. These glass pieces, often shaped into vases, snuff bottles, and scholar's objects, reflected the emperor's taste for refinement and innovation while demonstrating the fusion of Chinese and European influences in Qing Court art.

See a similar blue glass bottle vase, 18th century, illustrated in Chinese Qing Dynasty Glass Treasures: A Selection from the Gadient Collection, Florida, 2009, pl.18. See also a similar blue glass bottle vase, Qianlong incised four-character mark and of the period, which was sold at Christie's London, 14 May 2010, lot 621.

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