A pair of Peking glass bottle vases, 18th century, of opaque pink colour, bearing globular body, straight foot and a long, slightly tapering, cylindrical neck, 23.5cm high 清十八世纪 粉红料刻长颈瓶 一对 Originating from The Peking Glass Factory, established in the Imperial City by the Jesuit missionary Kilian Stumpf (1655-1720), this vase was a fine example of the pieces produced during the 18th century. Pair of vases in this colour are rather rare to find. It is quite possible that the vases may have been reserved for use by the Emperor or a member of his households. Purplish colours characterise wisteria, a favoured flower by Qianlong. In Imperial china, the purple colour was in fact associated with the North Star, ziweixing, believed to be at the centre of the Cosmos and thus, by extension, to the Imperial city, known in fact as the Purple Forbidden city, and the Imperial Family, thought of being at the centre of the universe. For reference on Peking glass see Rawson, The British Museum book on Chinese glass, 1992, fig 144, p. 193; The Asian Art Museum San Francisco, A chorus of colors: Chinese glass from three american collections, 1995. For comparable examples see Brown and Rabiner, The Robert H. Clague Collection: Chinese Glass of the Qing dynasty, 1960, p. 36-37; The Oriental Art Gallery, Oriental works of art, 1995, n. 129.
A pair of Peking glass bottle vases, 18th century, of opaque pink colour, bearing globular body, straight foot and a long, slightly tapering, cylindrical neck, 23.5cm high 清十八世纪 粉红料刻长颈瓶 一对 Originating from The Peking Glass Factory, established in the Imperial City by the Jesuit missionary Kilian Stumpf (1655-1720), this vase was a fine example of the pieces produced during the 18th century. Pair of vases in this colour are rather rare to find. It is quite possible that the vases may have been reserved for use by the Emperor or a member of his households. Purplish colours characterise wisteria, a favoured flower by Qianlong. In Imperial china, the purple colour was in fact associated with the North Star, ziweixing, believed to be at the centre of the Cosmos and thus, by extension, to the Imperial city, known in fact as the Purple Forbidden city, and the Imperial Family, thought of being at the centre of the universe. For reference on Peking glass see Rawson, The British Museum book on Chinese glass, 1992, fig 144, p. 193; The Asian Art Museum San Francisco, A chorus of colors: Chinese glass from three american collections, 1995. For comparable examples see Brown and Rabiner, The Robert H. Clague Collection: Chinese Glass of the Qing dynasty, 1960, p. 36-37; The Oriental Art Gallery, Oriental works of art, 1995, n. 129.
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