A RED OVERLAY GLASS YELLOW-GROUND 'CHILONG' BOTTLE VASE 18th Century

A RED OVERLAY GLASS YELLOW-GROUND 'CHILONG' BOTTLE VASE 18th Century The globular body rising from a tapered foot to a long, cylindrical neck terminating at a lipped rim, the exterior adorned with chi-dragons beneath a band of plantain leaves, all carved through a layer of red glass to a yellow ground. 29cm (11 1/2in) high. Footnotes: 十八世紀 黃地套紅料蕉葉螭龍紋瓶 Provenance: Saeed Motamed, Frankfurt before 2013 Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London 來源： Saeed Motamed，法蘭克福，2013年前 倫敦古董商 Ben Janssens Oriental Art Published, Exhibited and Illustrated: Ben Janssens Oriental Art, TEFAF 2014, London, 2014, pp.94-95. Ben Janssens Oriental Art, Mythical Animals, London, 2019, p.70. 展覽著錄： Ben Janssens Oriental Art，《TEFAF 2014》，倫敦，2014年，第94-95頁 Ben Janssens Oriental Art，《Mythical Animals》，倫敦，2019年，第70頁 The decoration on this glass vase was created by carving through the exterior layer of red glass, revealing the bright yellow layer beneath. The technology is known as 套料 taoliao which was invented in the Kangxi period and reached maturity during the reign of Emperor Qianlong. See a related blue overlay white glass vase, similarly decorated with 'chilong' and plantain leaves, illustrated by Zhang Rong, Lustre of Autumn Water: Glass of the Qing Imperial Workshop, Beijing, 2005, pp.226-227, pl.69. See a similar red-overlay yellow glass bottle vase, 18th-19th century, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 6 April 2015, lot 195. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing