A RARE CARVED RED GLASS BAMBOO-FORM VASE

QIANLONG YUZHI ZHIBAO SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK WITHIN A SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD

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A RARE CARVED RED GLASS BAMBOO-FORM VASE
Qianlong Yuzhi Zhibao Six-Character Seal Mark within a Square and of the Period
Unusually made in the form of a section of bamboo well carved on one side with a leafy bamboo cane flanked at its base by a pair of quail to one side and bamboo shoots, a pierced ornamental rock and an oblong seal inscribed Xing Hong to the other, the reverse carved in relief in the center register with a ten-character poem and two seals, Qian Long, below the Qianlong yuzhi seal in the upper register, raised on a broad ring foot, the glass transparent and of ruby red color
7in. (19cm.) high, box

拍品专文

The poem, Xiu zhu jia qu Ping an niao bao yin, may be translated, "Bamboo has been used to make a fine and amusing object Quails call melodiously". Quail are a synonym for peace