AN UNUSUAL EUROPEAN-STYLE CUT GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

POSSIBLY SHANDONG PROVINCE, 1840-1910

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AN UNUSUAL EUROPEAN-STYLE CUT GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
POSSIBLY SHANDONG PROVINCE, 1840-1910
Of flattened oval form, the bottle is finely carved with a narrow central decorative band set between radiating sprays. The narrow sides are carved with horizontal facets.
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) high, stopper

Provenance

Eldred's, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 22 August 1991, lot 37.

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Lot Essay

Although this bottle may be an import from Europe to meet the demands of the Chinese market, it is also possible that it was made at Boshan, Shandong province, in the late Qing dynasty, when some German glassworkers were involved with the glassworks there. For a discussion of these European-style glass bottles see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 5, Part 2, Glass, Hong Kong, 2002, pp. 410-11.

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