AN EMERALD-GREEN GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
AN EMERALD-GREEN GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

PROBABLY IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, QING DYNASTY, 1720-1840

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AN EMERALD-GREEN GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, QING DYNASTY, 1720-1840
The transparent green bottle is of compressed ovoid form. Together with a transparent green dish with a floral pattern on the base.

Bottle: 1.15/16 in. (4.9 cm.) high, glass stopper;
Dish: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) diam. (2)

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Transparent emerald green glass was one of the standard colours of the Imperial glassworks during the Qing dynasty, both as a monochrome and for overlay carving, although this intense, dark emerald colour is unusual. These glass bottles, mostly Imperial, were made in large numbers to be distributed by the Qing Emperors as gifts to officials, scholars, military men and other worthies on specific occasions each year.

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