Lot 3801. A rare small imperial pink glass 'bubble' bowl, Qianlong engraved four-character mark within a square and of the period (1736-1795); 4 1/2 in. (11.2 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000. Price Realized HKD 620,000. © Christie's Images Ltd. 2011

The deep bowl with steeply rounded sides, the glass of rich and even pink tone.

Provenance: An American private collection

Note: mperial glass bowls of this shape are quite rare. Compare with a yellow glass bowl with slightly steeper sides, incised with a similar mark in the Palace Museum Beijing, illustrated by Zhang Rong (ed.), Luster of Autumn Water, Glass of the Qing Imperial Workshop, Forbidden City Publishing House, 2004, no. 10.

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 1 June 2011, Convention Hall