An opaque turquoise coloured glass vase

Description:

China, 18th / 19th c.
H. 13,8 cm
Of octagonal cross-sections with compressed facetted body.
Important South German private collection, former old German private collection, acquired by repute at Motamed, Frankfurt 1988
Cf. - Purchased at Motamed in 1988, cf. Brown/Rabiner, Clear as Crystal, no. 29 ; Elegance and Radiance (Hongkong 2000), no. 18 for an indetically shaped item of opaque yellow metal dated to the Qianlong period - Very slightly chipped