IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1720-1830

Faceted bottles of this type were produced from the Kangxi period (1662-1722) onwards at the Imperial glassworks in Beijing and were soon produced in other materials. The technique of faceting was introduced by Kilian Stumpf, director of the glassworks from its inception until his death in 1720, who borrowed from Bavarian glassmaking techniques. The method was soon applied to other popular materials at court, including jade and quartz. For an example of an early faceted glass bottle, see the blue glass bottle dated 1696-1730 from the J & J Collection sold at Christie's New York, 29 March 2006, lot 80. See, also, a white jade bottle of similar form attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing, and dated 1700-1760, from the Blanche B. Exstein Collection, sold at Christie's New York, 21 March 2002, lot 227.

A similar bottle, without carved facets on the convex panels, was sold in The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part I, Christie's New York, 16 September 2015, lot 230.