Lot 2931. An imperial ruby-red glass globular water pot, Qianlong wheel-cut four-character mark within a double square and of the period (1736-1795); 2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) wide. Estimate HKD 300,000 - HKD 500,000. Price realised HKD 562,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.

The slightly compressed globular body rises from a flat circular foot to an incurved mouth. The translucent material is of an ruby red colour, metal spoon.

Literature: Franz Art, Chinese Art from the Hedda and Lutz Franz Collection-Glass, vol. 2, Hong Kong, 2011, pp. 168, pl. no. 1309.

Note: The present water pot of ruby red tone was a colour first introduced to the Chinese artisans by Killian Stumpf when he set up the Imperial glassworks in 1696. It became a favourite colour at Court throughout the eighteenth century.

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 28 November 2018