AN OPAQUE YELLOW GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
This lot is offered without reserve.
AN OPAQUE YELLOW GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1720-1760

Details
AN OPAQUE YELLOW GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1720-1760
The bottle is of an even lemon-yellow color.
2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high, malachite stopper
Provenance
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1661.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

'Imperial' yellow is among the earliest colors produced in glass under the Kangxi Glassworks, from 1696 onwards. Because of the opacifying agent, early yellow glass bottles do not exhibit crizzling problems like other colors, such as ruby red. Plain, yellow - glass bottles thus maintained a consistency of tone and texture throughout the Qing dynasty.

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