A SMALL TRANSPARENT AMBER GLASS HEXAGONAL WASHER, JIAQING MARK AND PERIOD


Expert’s note:
The present lot boasts an elegant and inspired form which allows it to be used as both a brush washer and rest. Glass washers of this type were evidently produced between the Yongzheng and Jiaqing reigns. For Yongzheng and Qianlong-marked examples, see the auction result comparisons below.

China, 1796-1820. The washer is formed with sharply facetted rounded sides rising from a flat base to a short straight hexagonal mouth. The glass is of a vibrant transparent amber tone. The base with a wheel-cut four-character mark Jiaqing nianzhi within a square and of the period.


Provenance
: Australian trade. By repute acquired from a local collector, who owned this piece for several decades.

Condition
: Very good condition with old wear, mostly to base, shallow surface scratches, microscopic nicks, and expected manufacturing flaws such as bubbles and other small flaws to the glass.

Weight: 60.5 g
Dimensions: Width 6 cm


Literature comparison:

Compare a closely related Yongzheng-marked hexagonal water pot in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Glass of the Qing Imperial Workshop, Beijing, 2005, no. 15.


Auction result comparison:

Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 June 2015, lot 3259
Price: HKD 625,000 or approx.
EUR 87,000
adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A small transparent amber glass hexagonal washer, Yongzheng four-character mark within a square and of the period (1723-1735).
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and color. Note the Yongzheng reign mark.


Auction result comparison:

Type: Closely related
Auction: Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 11 May 2019, lot 98
Price: EUR 27,808 or approx.
EUR 34,000
adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: An amber-glass washer, Qianlong period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and color. Note the Qianlong reign mark.




嘉慶款及年代琥珀色料器六角口筆洗


中國，1796-1820年。筆洗口成六角形狀，圓腹平均分成六份出六角。琥珀色透明料器。平底有“嘉慶年製”四字款。


專家注釋：
這件拍品造型生動，既可以用作筆洗，也可以用作筆擱。這種料器筆洗顯然是雍正、嘉慶年間製作的。有關雍正、乾隆款的例子，請參閱下面的拍賣結果比較。


來源：
澳洲古玩交易，據説購於當地藏家，他收藏此拍品已經幾十年了。

品相：
狀況極好，有磨損，底部表面有淺劃痕、微小刻痕以及製造缺陷，例如氣泡和玻璃上的其他小缺陷。

重量：60.5 克
尺寸：寬6 釐米


文獻比較：

比較一件非常相近的雍正款六角形筆洗，收藏於北京故宮博物院，見《Glass of the Qing Imperial Workshop》，北京，2005年，編號15。


拍賣結果比較：

形制：非常相近
拍賣：香港佳士得，2015年6月3日，lot 3259
價格：HKD 625,000（相當於今日
EUR 87,000
）
描述：A small transparent amber glass hexagonal washer，Yongzheng four-character mark within a square and of the period (1723-1735).
專家評論：比較非常相近的外形和顏色。請注意雍正款識。


拍賣結果比較：

形制：非常相近
拍賣：Galerie Zacke，維也納，2019年5月11日，lot 98
價格：EUR 27,808（相當於今日
EUR 34,000
）
描述：乾隆琥珀色玻璃筆洗
專家評論：比較非常相近的外形和顏色。請注意乾隆款識。