A MULTI-FLECKED BLUE GLASS BOTTLE

1730-1800

Details

A MULTI-FLECKED BLUE GLASS BOTTLE
1730-1800
Of bulbous rounded shape, the transparent pale blue glass body delicately splashed throughout with flecks of aventurine, silver and yellow to the body and neck stopping above the clear shallow cut foot, stopper
26in. (5.5cm.) high

Provenance

Robert Kleiner, London, 1992

Lot Essay

A smaller, more simple example, is illustrated by Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles IV, London, 1991, p. 81, no. 80. See also Robert W.L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of John Ault, Hong Kong, 1990, pp. 6-7, no. 2, for an example attributed to the reign of Kangxi.

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