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Lot Essay
A crystal bottle of similar form formerly in the collection of Marian Mayer and subsequently Mary and George Bloch is published in
Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Volume 2, Part 2, Hong Kong, 1998, pp. 426-429, no. 337. Moss points out that this form of bottle was made in a range of different materials, including jadeite that is often of a pale grey-blue color as seen in the current lot.
This bottle was likely produced at the palace workshops or another imperial facility.
Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Volume 2, Part 2, Hong Kong, 1998, pp. 426-429, no. 337. Moss points out that this form of bottle was made in a range of different materials, including jadeite that is often of a pale grey-blue color as seen in the current lot.
This bottle was likely produced at the palace workshops or another imperial facility.