ROCK CRYSTAL SQUARE WATER POT
QIANLONG PERIOD
£2,250
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 14 May 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
清乾隆 水晶雕方形水丞
of square form, carved with canted edges, the gradually curved sides terminating to a lipped mouth rim, each side carved in low relief with knotted ribbons
Dimensions
5.8cm wide
Footnote
Provenance: property of a gentleman; formerly in a private German collection, acquired from an antique shop in Munich between 1965 and 1980
Note: a round crystal water jar incised with a Qianlong mark formerly in the Qing Court collection is now in the collection of the National Palace Museum, collection number Gu Za 故雜 392