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IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1700-1860
Details
TWO FACETED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1700-1860
The first opaque white bottle, 1700-1820, is of double-gourd form with six vertical facets. The second octagonal bottle, 1750-1860, has a mottled white inner layer sandwiched between pinkish-white layers creating cloud-like markings carved on either side with a flat, raised oval panel encircled by pentagonal facets.
1 7/8 and 2 ¼ in. ( 4.8 and 5.7 cm.), glass and jade stoppers
IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1700-1860
The first opaque white bottle, 1700-1820, is of double-gourd form with six vertical facets. The second octagonal bottle, 1750-1860, has a mottled white inner layer sandwiched between pinkish-white layers creating cloud-like markings carved on either side with a flat, raised oval panel encircled by pentagonal facets.
1 7/8 and 2 ¼ in. ( 4.8 and 5.7 cm.), glass and jade stoppers
Provenance
First bottle: Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4756.
Second bottle: Dragon Culture, Hong Kong, 2000.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5233.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4756.
Second bottle: Dragon Culture, Hong Kong, 2000.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5233.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.