A QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD GLASS BOTTLE VASE

A CARVED RED-OVERLAY YELLOW GLASS BOTTLE VASE, QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD
China, 1736-1795. The compressed globular body and tall neck are carved through the semi-transparent ruby-red outer layer to the translucent lemon-yellow body with an immortal holding a crutch and peach in his hands and riding a qilin on a bridge, flanked by a pine and a willow and surrounded by craggy rockwork, all below a palace entrance and towering mountain under scrolling clouds. The recessed base with a four-character wheel-cut seal mark, Qianlong nianzhi within a double square and of the period.

Provenance: From a private collection in New York, USA.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and manufacturing flaws, open bubbles and striations. Few microscopic nicks, some possibly smoothened over time.

Weight: 247.3 g
Dimensions: Height 13.8 cm

The figure depicted on the present bottle vase is probably Li Tieguai, who is always shown with his eponymous iron crutch (tieguai) and sometimes riding a qilin.

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related red overlay yellow glass bottle vase, also with wheel-cut four-character Qianlong seal mark and of the period, but of larger size (20.3 cm high), at Christie's New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 22 March 2013, lot 1415, sold for USD 15,000.

乾隆款及年代黃料套紅長頸瓶
中國，1736-1795年。長頸，丰肩，鼓腹，圈足。黃料套半透明寶石紅色，可見仙人手持拐杖和桃子，在橋上騎著麒麟，兩側是松樹和柳樹，四周都是崎嶇的岩石，上有亭臺與高山。 圈足内刻有四字“乾隆年製“款。

來源：美國紐約私人收藏
品相：狀況極好，輕微磨損和製造缺陷、開放的氣泡和條紋。 少量微小劃痕，有些可能已經隨著時間的推移變得平滑。

重量：247.3 克
尺寸：高 13.8 厘米

拍賣結果比較：比較一件十分相近的黃地套紅料瓶，乾隆四字款和年代，但尺寸稍大 (高20.3 厘米), 見紐約佳士得 Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 2013年3月22日, lot 1415, 售價USD 15,000。