81 | Imperial yellow Peking glass bottle Qianlong mark and period, 1736 – 1795 Height: 23 cm | 9 in Click image for full-size version Blown with a bulbous body and long cylindrical neck, the bottle sits on a slanting foot rim, the underside slightly recessed – preserving an Imperial mark. The lemon-yellow colour is even throughout, and polished to a smooth gloss. The wheel-cut four-character mark reads ‘Qianlong Nian Zhi’ (made in the Qianlong period). Provenance: A. Colin Maillard. Similar example: Luster of Autumn Water, Glass of the Qing Imperial Workshop, compiled by Zhang Rong, and published by Forbidden City Publishing House, Beijing, 2005 – plate 5 illustrates a vase of the same colour and form, marked ‘Yongzheng Nian Zhi’.