A RUBY-RED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

IMPERIAL PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1720-1780

Details

A RUBY-RED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1720-1780
The circular bottle is carved on the narrow sides to simulate sections of bamboo.
2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, shell stopper

Provenance

Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3639.

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Lot Essay

This bottle is an example of an early imperial type, made at the Court utilizing the technique of European faceting. Others of this type were produced in different colors, such as a sapphire-blue example that is included in the Mary and George Bloch Collection, illustrated by Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 5, Part 2, Hong Kong, 2002, p. 281, no. 793.

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