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拍品专文
Faceted forms derive from European stylistic and technical influence during the early years of the Beijing Palace glassworks which were set up in 1696. At this time, the workshops were established at Canchikou in the Imperial city and were under the direction of a Jesuit missionary named Kilian Stumpf (1655-July 1720) and there is every reason to expect European influence in design as well as manufacture. Bohemian glass of the 17th and 18th centuries is well known for faceting, and similarities with early Palace workshop production suggest a clear connection. Another source of the form may be found in the European watches which had considerable influence on early Qing court enameling.
This bottle probably dates from the Kangxi or Yongzheng period and can be confidently attributed to the Palace workshops, based on its small size, faceted shape and wide mouth, all characteristics of early Palace production. The transparent colors such as sapphire-blue, amber-brown and colorless glass from the very early production of the Imperial glassworks were distinguished by an injudicious chemical balance resulting in extensive crizzling (from which non-transparent colors such as white and yellow seem to have been protected by the ingredients which gave them their translucence, as opposed to transparency). Here we have a combination of an early faceted form, based on a compressed sphere, multi-faceted with an octagonal profile and raised, circular panel on each main side acting as an integral snuff dish - a common feature of early snuff bottles before dishes were made as separate objects. It also the most extensive crizzling known on a glass snuff bottle.
This bottle probably dates from the Kangxi or Yongzheng period and can be confidently attributed to the Palace workshops, based on its small size, faceted shape and wide mouth, all characteristics of early Palace production. The transparent colors such as sapphire-blue, amber-brown and colorless glass from the very early production of the Imperial glassworks were distinguished by an injudicious chemical balance resulting in extensive crizzling (from which non-transparent colors such as white and yellow seem to have been protected by the ingredients which gave them their translucence, as opposed to transparency). Here we have a combination of an early faceted form, based on a compressed sphere, multi-faceted with an octagonal profile and raised, circular panel on each main side acting as an integral snuff dish - a common feature of early snuff bottles before dishes were made as separate objects. It also the most extensive crizzling known on a glass snuff bottle.