the compressed globular body raised on a circular foot and surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck, the glass of a soft pink color fading to paler tones at the neck and lower body, the base inscribed with a four-character Qianlong seal mark within double squares. Height 6 7/8  in., 17.5 cm.

Provenance: Collection of Raymond 'Jimmy' F.A. Riesco (1877-1964). 
Gifted by 'Jimmy' Riesco to the grandfather of the present owner in New Orleans, 1928, and thence by descent.

Note: Compare a similar Qianlong mark and period glass vase of the same form and color, but carved with upright lotus petals, incised with an identical calligraphic mark, formerly in the Jingguantang and Shorenstein collections, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1st December 2010, lot 2922. Another pink glass vase of this type, incised with a Yongzheng mark, was sold in the same rooms, 28th April 1996, lot 525.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 13 sept. 2016, 10:30 AM