A SAPPHIRE-BLUE GLASS BOTTLE
A SAPPHIRE-BLUE GLASS BOTTLE

PROBABLY IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1730-1780

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A SAPPHIRE-BLUE GLASS BOTTLE
Probably Imperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1730-1780
Of bulbous rounded form, the transparent glass of rich, deep sapphire color, stopper
2 3/16in. (5.4cm.) high
Provenance
Hugh M. Moss Ltd., London.
Exhibited
Chinese Snuff Bottles, Taipei Gallery, New York, October 1993.

Lot Essay

For Imperial Qianlong bottles of the same shape, the first with a Qianlong mark, the second in yellow made as a basket of flowers, see G. Tsang and H. Moss, Snuff Bottles of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1978, p. 67, nos. 61 and 62.

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