A TRANSPARENT RED GLASS BOTTLE

1730-1790, ATTRIBUTED TO THE IMPERIAL PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING

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A TRANSPARENT RED GLASS BOTTLE
1730-1790, attributed to the Imperial Palace Workshops, Beijing
Of flattened rounded shape, carved in low relief with dragons to each side forming long characters, the narrow sides with lion-mask fixed-ring handles, stopper
26in. (5.2cm.) high

Provenance

Chi Jou Chai Collection (Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Fung), Hong Kong
Hugh Moss, Hong Kong, 1993

Lot Essay

For an example in green glass see Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles, A Miniature Art from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong, 1994, p. 129, no. 74
This decoration is found on a distinctive group of inkstone bottles inscribed with Imperial poems and others attributed as made to Imperial order. See lot 178 for an example in the present sale.

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