A fine and rare Imperial yellow glass octagonal vase , Qianlong incised four-character mark within double squares and of the period (1736-1795). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014
The vase is of octagonal form with a compressed globular body rising to a tall neck supported on a short foot of conforming shape. The metal is of an even bright egg-yolk yellow tone. 5 5/8 in. (14.4 cm.) high. Estimate HK$600,000 - HK$800,000 ($77,744 - $103,658). Price Realized HK$750,000 ($97,157)
Provenance: Edward T. Chow Collection
Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 27 October 2003, lot 2
Exhibited: Baur Collection, One Man's Taste: Treasures from the Lakeside Pavilion, Geneva, 1988-1989, Catalogue, no. G6
Notes: Three similar Qianlong-marked octagonal yellow glass vases have been published, one in the Franz Collection, illustrated by Emily Byrne Curtis in Pure Brightness Shines Everywhere. The Glass of China, Burlington, 2004, pl. 9.1; one in the Andrew K.F. Lee Collection, illustrated in Elegance and Radiance. Grandeur in Qing Glass, Hong Kong, 2000, pl. 18; one in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, included in the exhibition Clear as Crystal, Red as Flame, New York, 1990, Catalogue, no. 18.
Compare also to an opaque orange glass vase of similar size and shape, formerly in the Shorenstein Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, December 2010, lot 2925.
Christie's. IMPERIAL CHINESE TREASURES FROM A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN COLLECTION, 28 May 2014, Hong Kong .http://www.christies.com/