A 'REALGAR' GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
A 'REALGAR' GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

PROBABLY IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1720-1780

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A 'REALGAR' GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1720-1780
The high-shouldered opaque bottle has mottled bright-red and yellow markings and diagonal stripes on a deep-red ground.
2 ½ in. (6.3 cm.), mother-of-pearl stopper
Provenance
Robert Kleiner, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5244.

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