A TURQUOISE GLASS ALMS BOWL, QING DYNASTY China, 18^th-19^th century. The vessel with thick walls thinning towards the rim and rising to an even mouth, the flat base supported by four slanted round feet. The opaque glass body of a deep turquoise color with delicate swirls in the background.

Provenance: From the collection of Ina and Sandford Gadient. Asiantiques, Winter Park, Florida, 2009, acquired from the above. An institutional collection in Illinois, USA, acquired from the above. Ina and Sandford were collectors of Chinese glass and long-time donors of the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami in Florida. From 3 December 1999 to 30 January 2000, the Museum, one of the most important art museums in Florida, hosted an exhibition of 120 pieces from the Gadient collection, titled Treasures of Chinese Glass Workshops. According to the Asiantiques catalog, the exhibition “was very popular and well attended”.
Published: Asiantiques, Chinese Qing Dynasty Glass Treasures. A Selection from the Gadient Collection, 2009, no. 17. The present lot is described as a 19^th-century alms bowl.
Condition: Very good condition with minor old wear, firing irregularities and few light scratches.

Weight: 1,132 g
Dimensions: Diameter 17 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare a pale-blue glass jardinière, Qianlong four-character mark and of the period, at Bonhams Hong Kong in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 1 December 2020, lot 148, sold for HKD 402,500. Compare a related pair of turquoise glass bowls, also dated to the 18^th to 19^th century, 11.1 cm diameter, at Christie’s Hong Kong in Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 26 November 2014, lot 3370, sold for HKD 50,000.

清代松石綠料器化緣缽
中國，十八至十九世紀。厚壁，邊緣變薄，平口，底部四淺圓足。深松石綠色不透明玻璃料，精緻的漩渦。
來源：Ina 與Sandford Gadient收藏。佛羅里達Winter Park亞洲古玩藝廊，2009年。美國伊利諾伊州一個研究機構收藏購於上述藝廊。Ina 與Sandford Gadient 曾是中國料器收藏家，佛羅里達州邁阿密大學 Lowe 藝術博物館的長期支持者。 1999年12月3日，美國一個重要藝術機構博物館舉辦了“中國玻璃工坊珍品展”，展出了Gadient藏品120餘件。據目錄所寫，“展覽深受歡迎，來訪者衆多”。

品相：狀況極好，有輕微磨損、燒製瑕疵和輕微的劃痕。

重量：1,132 克
尺寸：直徑17 厘米

拍賣結果比較: 比較一件藍灰色玻璃花盆，乾隆四字款及年代，見香港邦翰思Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 2020年12月 1日 lot 148, 售價HKD 402,500；比較一對相近的松石綠料器碗，十八至十九世紀，直徑 11.1厘米，見香港佳士得Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 2014年11月26日 lot 3370, 售價HKD 50,000。