TWO SANDWICHED PINK AND WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES

IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1730-1860

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TWO SANDWICHED PINK AND WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1730-1860
Both bottles are of compressed rounded form. The first, 1730-1820, has broad pink swirls sandwiched between semi-opaque white layers. The second, probably Imperial Glassworks, 1740-1860, has a mottled rosy-pink inner layer sandwiched between pinkish-white layers, creating cloud-like markings.
1¾ and 2 3/8 in. (4.5 and 6.1 cm.) high, glass, hardstone stoppers (2)

Provenance

Smaller bottle: Gerd Lester, New York, 1984.
Larger bottle: Phyllis Kaufman, Los Angeles, 1984.

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Lot Essay

With sandwiched pink and white glass, the color comes from powdered ruby glass added between two layers of glass, the outer of which has to be either transparent, or at least semi-transparent. Sandwiched glass bottles were a popular staple at the Court during the 18th century, and this color was particularly popular. Similar sandwiched pink glass was also used for a series of bottles carved with lotus petals (see lot 1097).

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