**A FINE CARVED YELLOW GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
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**A FINE CARVED YELLOW GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1725-1800

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**A FINE CARVED YELLOW GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1725-1800
Of flattened spherical form with a recessed foot, the body well carved with a series of undulating, raised parallel ribs, tourmaline stopper
2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm.) high
來源
Y. F. Yang & Co. (Hong Kong 1977)
出版
Moss et. al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, vol. 2, no.
351
展覽
Christie's New York, 1993
Empress Place Museum, Singapore, 1994
Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, 1996-1997
Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1997
Naples Museum of Art, Florida, 2002
Portland Museum of Art, Oregon, 2002
National Museum of History, Taipei, 2002
International Asian Art Fair, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, 2003
Poly Art Museum, Beijing, 2003
注意事項
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拍品專文

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, lemon-yellow color which confirms its Courtly status since, on early wares, yellow was reserved exclusively for Court use (although the Imperial Records state that Imperial-yellow objects were distributed by the Emperor from time to time).

The striking design on this bottle is crisply and confidently carved and the bottle has a superb finish and formal integrity. Most known examples of this particular design are in yellow glass, although one is known in ruby-red glass, another color produced extensively at the Imperial glassworks. See, for example, H. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, p. 104, no. 185, and Sotheby's, London, 24 April 1989, lot 297; Drouot [Millon Jutheau], Paris, 2-3 February 1983, lot 92; and C. Lawrence, Miniature Masterpieces from the Middle Kingdom. The Monimar Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, p. 232, no. 110.