清乾隆 御製黃玻璃三足爐 雙方框「乾隆年製」刻款QIANLONG WHEEL-CUT FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)清乾隆 御製黃玻璃三足爐 雙方框「乾隆年製」刻款4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) wideYellow glass vessels are very rare due to their strict restriction for imperial usage. A comparable example similar to the present tripod censer, also bearing a Qianlong mark in double squares, in the Andrew K.F. Lee Collection, is illustrated in Elegance and Radiance, The Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000, no. 54. Compare a similar yellow glass tripod censer sold at Christies Hong Kong, 28 November 2018, lot 2933.Details AN IMPERIAL YELLOW GLASS TRIPOD CENSERQIANLONG WHEEL-CUT FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)The censer has bombé sides resting on three low conical feet, the rim with a pair of loop handles. The opaque glass is of a rich yellow tone.4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) wide Provenance Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 28-29 April 1992, lot 252 Conditions of sale