Lot 3792. A rare imperial transparent olive-green glass mallet vase, Jiaqing incised four-character mark within a square and of the period (1796-1820); 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 350,000 - HKD 500,000. Price Realized HKD 740,000. © Christie's Images Ltd. 2011

The domed body is raised on a thick, heavy flattened base and surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck ending in a gently rounded lipped rim, the transparent glass of an olive green tone with a slight yellow tinge, box.

Note: A Jiaqing marked translucent glass vase of this form and very similar colour, identified as tea-colour, in the Palace Museum Beijing, is illustrated by Zhang Rong (ed.), Luster of Autumn Water, Glass of the Qing Imperial Workshop, Forbidden City Publishing House, 2005, no. 157, where the authors explain that it is difficult to distinguish pieces made in the Qianlong and Jiaqing reigns, without the help of the reign marks, as the quality and tradition remains the same.

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