A tall bottle vase of clear red sandwiched-glass infused with numerous bubbles, with a compressed globular body and a tall cylindrical neck slightly tapered. The base incised with a Yongzheng nian zhi (made in the Yongzheng period) four-character mark within a square.

For a similar piece bearing the same reign mark but with a carved white overlay only, see Claudia Brown and Donald Rabiner, The Robert H. Clague Collection Chinese Glass of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911 (Phoenix: 1987), cat. no. 3.

Provenance: Christie’s, New York, September 16, 1998, lot no. 225

Published: Asiantiques, Chinese Qing Dynasty Glass Treasures: A Selection from the Gadient Collection (2009), cat. no. 7

(Hard cover catalogue, 64 glass artworks, 64 pp, full color illustrations, English text and Chinese captions. Catalogue available for purchase, $45 including domestic shipping, $55 international. The catalogue can also be viewed online in pdf format. Please contact us or visit our "exhibitions" page for more information.)

Ref. 861495