Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 03 Apr 2018.
A rare pair of pink Beijing glass bowls, marks and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735)
Lot 3618. A rare pair of pink Beijing glass bowls, marks and period of Yongzheng; 16.2 cm, 6 3/8 in. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 HKD. Lot Sold 875,000 HKD (111,484 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's 2018.
each with deep rounded sides rising from a splayed foot to a lipped rim, the base with a four-character wheel-cut mark within a square border, the glass of an even rich rose-pink colour, wood stands.
Provenance: P.C. Lu & Sons Ltd, Hong Kong, 1989.
Literature: Franzart. Chinese Art from the Hedda and Lutz Franz Collection. Vol. II, Glass, Hong Kong, 2011, pp. 94-95.
Note: For another example of Yongzheng reign-marked glass, see a pink glass fluted vase from the collection of Alan Feen, illustrated in A Chorus of Colors, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1995, pp. 52-53, no. 25, and sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 24th November 2010, lot 231.