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Auction archive: Lot number 2928

A VERY RARE IMPERIAL MOULDED AND CARVED RUBY-RED GLASS BIRD-...

Estimate
HK$4,000,000 - HK$6,000,000
ca. US$514,520 - US$771,780
Price realised:
HK$18,580,000
ca. US$2,389,945
Auction archive: Lot number 2928

A VERY RARE IMPERIAL MOULDED AND CARVED RUBY-RED GLASS BIRD-...

Estimate
HK$4,000,000 - HK$6,000,000
ca. US$514,520 - US$771,780
Price realised:
HK$18,580,000
ca. US$2,389,945
Beschreibung:

A VERY RARE IMPERIAL MOULDED AND CARVED RUBY-RED GLASS BIRD-FORM EWER
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEALMARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
A VERY RARE IMPERIAL MOULDED AND CARVED RUBY-RED GLASS BIRD-FORM EWER QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEALMARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The rounded body conceived as the body of the bird with the head forming the spout, decorated on both sides with foliate dragons below lobed bands of scrolls and rows of overlapping feathers on the back and neck, with a foliate-chased gilt-metal handle, the vessel raised on an oval base carved as sectioned waves radiating from the seal mark in the centre and continuing outward to form the footrim 8 in. (20.3 cm.) long, wood stand

Auction archive: Lot number 2928
Auction:
Datum:
1 Dec 2010
Auction house:
Christie's
1 December 2010, Hong Kong
Beschreibung:

A VERY RARE IMPERIAL MOULDED AND CARVED RUBY-RED GLASS BIRD-FORM EWER
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEALMARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
A VERY RARE IMPERIAL MOULDED AND CARVED RUBY-RED GLASS BIRD-FORM EWER QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEALMARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The rounded body conceived as the body of the bird with the head forming the spout, decorated on both sides with foliate dragons below lobed bands of scrolls and rows of overlapping feathers on the back and neck, with a foliate-chased gilt-metal handle, the vessel raised on an oval base carved as sectioned waves radiating from the seal mark in the centre and continuing outward to form the footrim 8 in. (20.3 cm.) long, wood stand

Auction archive: Lot number 2928
Auction:
Datum:
1 Dec 2010
Auction house:
Christie's
1 December 2010, Hong Kong
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