1720-1820

Details

**A PALE GREEN GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1720-1820
Of compressed ovoid form with a recessed foot, with a layer of mottled pale green sandwiched between two transparent layers, coral stopper with pearl finial
2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high

Provenance

Ko Collection (Beijing 1923)
Christie's London, 8 November 1976, lot 74

Literature

Moss et. al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, vol. 2, no.
323

Exhibited

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

Special notice

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

Lot Essay

This bottle is of the type which must have been blown into a standard mold since many examples of this shape are known and they frequently show signs of the two-part mold which contained them. The material here features one of the more unusual colors with subtle markings that resemble a particular type of pale green jadeite.

For a group of green sandwiched glass bottles in The Victoria and Albert Museum, acquired by the Museum of Practical Geology as early as 1880, see H. White, Snuff Bottles from China, pl. 67, and for another green sandwiched glass example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, see Snuff Bottles - The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, p. 60, no. 92.

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