POSSIBLY IMPERIAL, POSSIBLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1730-1780

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A CARVED RUBY-RED GLASS 'LEAPING CARP' SNUFF BOTTLE
POSSIBLY IMPERIAL, POSSIBLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1730-1780
2 3⁄16 in. (5.5 cm.) high, agate stopper

Provenance

Hugh Moss Collection, London.

Literature

H. Moss et al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, vol. 2, New York, 1993, pp. 594-5, no. 356.
The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, Poly Art Museum, Beijing, 2003, p. 102.

Exhibited

London, Hugh M. Moss Ltd., September 1974.
Beijing, Poly Art Museum, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, 2003.

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Lot Essay

The present bottle is carved on each side with the same design of a carp leaping from turbulent waves, expressing a wish for career advancement. The exceptional quality of the carving and the impeccable finish suggest a date from the Qianlong reign, when glass carving at the Court was at its peak. For a discussion on the small masks and their circular rings as a possible Palace feature of the mid-Qing period, see Moss et al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle. The J & J Collection, vol. II, New York, 1993, pp. 580-1.

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