QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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.