A SAPPHIRE-BLUE GLASS DOUBLE-GOURD FORM SNUFF BOTTLE
A SAPPHIRE-BLUE GLASS DOUBLE-GOURD FORM SNUFF BOTTLE

IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, QING DYNASTY, 1720-1800

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A SAPPHIRE-BLUE GLASS DOUBLE-GOURD FORM SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, QING DYNASTY, 1720-1800
The transparent blue glass bottle is of double-gourd form with a wide mouth and circular foot rim. Together with a transparent sapphire-blue glass snuff dish (probably Beijing, 1770-1850).
Bottle: 1.15/16 in. (4.9 cm.) high, mother-of-pearl stopper;
Dish: 1 3/8 in. (3.4 cm.) diam. (2)
Literature
Bottle: Hugh Moss and Stuart Sargent, The Water Pine and Stone Retreat Collection of Snuff Bottles. Part One. Imperial Influence over the Snuff Bottle Arts, Hong Kong, 2017, no. 34.2.1185

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