A Chinese glass paste embellished gilt metal wall clock Qing dynasty, Qianlong...
A Chinese glass paste embellished gilt metal wall clock
Qing dynasty, Qianlong period
Formed as a baluster vase issuing gilt metal stems terminating in paste set flowerheads, the front and sides set with white, green, blue, and red glass paste, the flat back finely pierced and engraved with foliate scrolls, 33cm high.
清乾隆 鎏金嵌料花瓶式掛鐘
Beautifully embellished with colourful glass inlays and set with a flat back, the present clock belongs to a group of decorative vases made to hang on the interior wall of a carriage, where they served not only as a functional timepiece but also as a work of art for appreciation. The present lot is exceptional amongst vases of similar type.
Compare an eighteenth-century example among the collections of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue Limpid Radiance: A Special Exhibition of Glass Artifacts from the National Palace Museum Collection, Taipei, 2016, pp. 136-137, cat. no. 155.
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A Chinese glass paste embellished gilt metal wall clock
Qing dynasty, Qianlong period
Formed as a baluster vase issuing gilt metal stems terminating in paste set flowerheads, the front and sides set with white, green, blue, and red glass paste, the flat back finely pierced and engraved with foliate scrolls, 33cm high.
清乾隆 鎏金嵌料花瓶式掛鐘
Beautifully embellished with colourful glass inlays and set with a flat back, the present clock belongs to a group of decorative vases made to hang on the interior wall of a carriage, where they served not only as a functional timepiece but also as a work of art for appreciation. The present lot is exceptional amongst vases of similar type.
Compare an eighteenth-century example among the collections of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue Limpid Radiance: A Special Exhibition of Glass Artifacts from the National Palace Museum Collection, Taipei, 2016, pp. 136-137, cat. no. 155.
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