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A MULTI-FACETED OPAQUE SEA-GREEN GLASS BOTTLE For a similar multi-faceted bottle using an opaque pale blue glass, see
Attributed to the Imperial Glassworks, Beijing, 1780-1880 Robert Hall, The Maxwell Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Hong
Of octagonal profile, the main faces with twelve facets, four of larger Kong, 2013, pp. 10-11, no. 11; and for a slenderer bottle in an opaque
diamond shape that point to the center and form the widest point turquoise glass, see Robert Kleiner, The Nordic Butterfly Collection of
of the side profile, and surrounded by eight facets of varying shape Chinese Snuff Bottles, Hong Kong, 2010, p. 15, no. 6.
that border the narrow-faceted sides, the flat hexagonal foot with six
crescent-shaped gem-like facets forming a star pattern to the base. See Christopher C.H. Sin and Humphrey K.F. Hui, An Imperial Qing
2in (5.1cm) high, stopper Tradition, Hong Kong 1994, p. 110, no. 133 for an octagonal form
bottle with fewer facets but of very similar sea-green color attributed
$2,000 - 3,000 to the Beijing Palace workshops in the Qianlong period. For an earlier
octagonal pre-cursor, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo
1780-1880 綠色料胎刻棱鼻煙壺一件 Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch
Collection, Vol. 5, Part 2, Hong Kong, 2002, pp. 308-309, no. 809.
Provenance:
Linda Riddell Hoffman, California
Bonhams, New York, The Linda Riddell Hoffman Collection of Chinese
Snuff Bottles, 22 March 2011, lot 79
來源：
琳達裡德爾·霍夫曼, 加利佛尼亞
邦瀚斯, 紐約, 琳達裡德爾·霍夫曼中國鼻煙壺珍藏, 2011年3月22日,
拍品號 79

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