A Chinese Carved Red and White Peking Overlay Glass Vase With Qianlong NianZhi Mark

This exquisite Chinese Peking overlay glass vase features a translucent, milk-white ("neiba") glass body enveloped in a vibrant, jewel-toned ruby red outer layer. Utilizing traditional lapidary cameo-carving techniques, the red glass has been meticulously sculpted away to reveal an elegant, high-relief auspicious pictorial scene. The decorative motif masterfully incorporates iconic Chinese symbols of longevity and harmony, showcasing stylized phoenixes, songbirds perched on flowering branches, blooming lotuses emerging from pond waters, and structural scholar's rocks. The lip and foot are cleanly finished with integrated solid red glass bands, and the recessed base features a crisp, raised four-character seal script mark within a square that reads "Qianlong Nian Zhi" . Height: 12 inches.

Condition
This original Chinese Peking overlay glass vase with the apocryphal Qianlong mark is in excellent, pristine vintage condition. A detailed inspection reveals no chips, flea bites, cracks, fractures, or structural repairs along the delicate flared mouth rim, the slender neck, or the rounded bulbous body. The deep ruby-red relief carvings are entirely intact, displaying sharp, crisp edges on the finely detailed motifs of the birds, lotus petals, and scholars' rocks, without any scuffing or loss to the raised elements. The recessed milk-white base is stable and level, and the square seal script mark is crisply defined. The vase shows only expected, minor signs of antiquity, including a few tiny internal air bubbles and cooling lines formed during the hand-blown manufacturing process, alongside faint shelf wear on the unglazed foot ring.