A BURGUNDY-RED GLASS BOTTLE

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A BURGUNDY-RED GLASS BOTTLE
18TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO THE BEIJING PALACE WORKSHOPS

Of octagonal, moonflask shape with molded plain oval panels on each large face and eight facets on the narrower sides, minute rim bubble, stopper

Lot Essay

For a nearly identical bottle see Robert W. L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, col. pl. 71. For a bottle formerly in the Marian Mayer Collection, with molded octagonal side panels and of opaque pink glass, see Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles II, col. pl. 52. The author there discusses the Palace Workshop attribution