A TRANSPARENT DARK-RED GLASS BOTTLE

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A TRANSPARENT DARK-RED GLASS BOTTLE
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK ON THE BASE, 1770-1850

Of baluster shape, the body cut with ten simple vertical concave facets divided by ten smaller, between a short step at the rounded shoulder and another above the spreading cylindrical foot, the neck everted, nibbles
2 9/16in. (6.8cm.) high, stopper

Provenance

Sydney Moss, Ltd., London

Lot Essay

A yellow glass bottle of similar shape, attributed to the Beijing Palace workshops, is illustrated by Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, p. 191, no. 115

For further discussion of faceting see footnote to lot 50

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