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Pair of Enamel Painted Bird and Flower Vases. Slightly translucent milk-white glass; blown and enamel painted. Flattened pear-shaped body; circular rim with rounded lips; varying landscapes in vary-colored enamels including rocks, flowering chrysanthemums, camellias and other plants and grasses, two pheasants (male and female ?), two black and white warblers on body; inscription in black at upper right, preceded by a red seal, and followed by two red seals; narrow band of magenta of delicate vine scrolls around foot-collar; oval base with hollowed center; four-character marks of “乾隆年制 Qianlong Nianzhi” reign mark, in blue enamel.
Publications (12)
Chinese Glass snuff Bottles: Foreign Influences on an Indigenous Art Form (2015-03)
illustrated, p. 8;
European Glassmaking Techniques in China: Kilian Stumpf's Probable Influence over Liuli (2013-03)
illustrated, p. 6;
The Corning Museum of Glass and the Finger Lakes Region (1993)
illustrated, p. 38, top row, second from left;
BIB# 35681
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1974) (1974)
illustrated, pp. 82-83, #106;
BIB# 28793
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1965) (1965)
illustrated, pp. 76-77, #96;
BIB# 27582
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1958) (1958)
illustrated, pp. 74-75, #86;
BIB# 27746
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1955) (1955)
illustrated, p. 58-59, #65;
BIB# 28450
Art in Glass (1955)
p. 147;
Ku Yueh Hsuan - A New Hypothesis (1949-1950)
pp. 116-125;
Objects in Set (2)

