A SANDWICHED BROWN-SPLASHED TRANSPARENT YELLOW GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1720-1840

Details

A SANDWICHED BROWN-SPLASHED TRANSPARENT YELLOW GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1720-1840
Of high-shouldered, ovoid form, the yellow-toned glass bottle is accented with reddish-brown splashes, the effect suggestive of tortoiseshell.
2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm.) high, glass stopper

Provenance

Robert Hall, London, 1996.

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

View condition report

Lot Essay

Another of the large group of Imperial Glassworks bottles intended as gifts, the bubbles in the glass of this bottle were used intentionally as inclusions. A similar bottle exhibiting the same effect suggestive of tortoiseshell from the Blanche B. Exstein Collection was sold in these rooms, 21 March 2002, lot 15.

More from The Hildegard Schonfeld Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles

View All