A RARE IMPERIAL YELLOW GLASS BUTTER TEA BOWL

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Lot 3032 | A RARE IMPERIAL YELLOW GLASS BUTTER TEA BOWL
A RARE IMPERIAL YELLOW GLASS BUTTER TEA BOWL

YONGZHENG INCISED FANGGU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

The exterior of the bowl is carved with four taotie masks interspersed with Rococo-inspired floral motifs below a band of ruyi-heads around the mouth rim.

5 1/16 in. (12.8 cm.) diam., box





Provenance

An Oxford private collection, by repute

The Wilcox Collection, circa 1995

A & J. Speelman Ltd., London, April 2005

Water, Pine and Stone Retreat Collection, 2005



Literature

Emily Burne Curtis, ‘Glass from China for the Land above the Clouds, Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 46, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, 2004, p. 155

FranzArt: Chinese Art from the Heda and Lutz Franz Collection Volume Two - Glass, Hong Kong, 2011, p. 12-13, no. 1269
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