A Rare Red-Hair Crystal Bottle

1790-1850

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A Rare Red-Hair Crystal Bottle
1790-1850
Of rounded rectangular shape, suffused with a fine network of unusual reddish-brown rutile needles, neatly-cut oval foot, the stone well hollowed and the crystal of high clarity, stopper
2in. (5.7cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a similar example, see Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 28 October 1992, lot 436; and another illustrated by Robert W. L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottle from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, London, 1987, p. 100, no. 139, where the author argues for a late Qianlong or Jiaqing dating based on the overall shape and the footring

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