Lot 727
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A CARVED PINK AND WHITE TRANSLUCENT GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
A CARVED PINK AND WHITE TRANSLUCENT GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
A CARVED PINK AND WHITE TRANSLUCENT GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
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A CARVED PINK AND WHITE TRANSLUCENT GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1720-1800

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A CARVED PINK AND WHITE TRANSLUCENT GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1720-1800
The bottle is of milky-white and pink color and has concave sides. The narrow sides are carved as sections of bamboo.
2 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high, jadeite and tourmaline-inset metal stopper
Provenance
Dennis G. Crow, Los Angeles, California, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1585.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

The colors of the current bottle, sandwiched pink and white glass, come 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 eighteenth century, and this color was particularly popular.

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