A WHITE-GROUND FOUR-COLOUR OVERLAY GLASS 'CHILONG' BOTTLE VASE18th centuryThe pear-shaped body tapering to a tall tubular neck and resting on a short slightly splayed foot, the exterior of the body skilfully carved through the red, green, yellow and blue overlay to the opaque white glass ground with a continuous scene of six clamberingchilong chasing two flaming pearls, each rendered in a different colour.21cm (8 1/4in) highProvenance: 十八世紀 涅白地套四色料長頸瓶For two examples of a white-ground multi-colour overlay glass vase of similar style, see one decorated withchilong in the Suntory Museum of Art, catalogued as Qianlong/Jiaqing, illustrated inThe Glass the Galle Adored. Glass from the Qing Imperial Collection, Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo, 2018, p.104, ; see also a vase with multicolour overlays decorated with bats and the 'Three Abundances' motif, exhibited at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco in the 1995A Chorus of Colors: Chinese Glass from Three American Collections exhibition, illustrated in the catalogue, p.104, pl.78 and cover.參考一件三得利美術館藏涅白地套多色料長頸瓶，與本品同飾有螭龍，定為乾隆/嘉慶，見《The Glass the Galle Adored. Glass from the Qing Imperial Collection》，東京，2018年，頁104，圖錄編號78；另見一件涅白地套多色料長頸瓶，飾有蝙蝠及三多紋，十八世紀，曾展於1995年舊金山亞洲藝術博物館《A Chorus of Colors: Chinese Glass from Three American Collections》特展中，收錄在展覽圖錄，頁104，編號78及封面。