A TRANSLUCENT YELLOW GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

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A TRANSLUCENT YELLOW GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1700-1795

Of flattened, rounded form with a recessed convex foot, the opaque glass of a rich egg-yolk yellow, stopper
2 5/8 in. (6.67 cm.)

Provenance

Hugh M. Moss Ltd., London, 1976

Literature

Moss et. al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, vol. 2, no. 339
The Art of Chinese Snuff Bottle, Poly Art Museum, Beijing, p. 98 (bottom)

Exhibited

Dallas Convention, ICSBS, October 1985
Christie's New York, 1993
Empress Place Museum, Singapore, 1994
Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt 1996-1997
Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1997
Naples Museum of Art, Florida, 2001 - 2002
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Oregon, 2002
National Museum of History, Taipei, 2002
International Asian Art Fair, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, 2003
Poly Art Museum, Beijing, 2003

Lot Essay

Imperial yellow glass was a staple at the Imperial glassworks from the late Kangxi period onwards, being mentioned as early as 1702 in contemporary sources. Several varieties of yellow were used simultaneously. This is an example of the deep, rich, egg-yolk colour.

Zhao Ruzheng in Jian Bian Bi Yan Hu illustrates a very similar yellow glass flattened rounded bottle, p. 35, no. 19. Compare the two glass bottles in the Palace Museum, Beijing, of similar yellow colour, but of different shapes, illustrated in The Complete Collection of the Palace Museum - Snuff Bottles, vol. 47, Hong Kong, 2003, pp. 67-8, nos. 105-6.

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