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A RARE TRANSPARENT TURQUOISE GLASS BOTTLE 來源：
1780-1850 Robert Hall，倫敦，1984年
Of rounded rectangular shape with gently sloping shoulders, short 蘇富比，香港，瑪麗及莊智博珍藏，第十部分，2015年5月31日，拍
cylindrical neck, short foot with a flat oval foot rim, the wide mouth with 品號58
an inner layer of milky glass that continues to the shoulders and upper
body adding an attractive semi-opaque turquoise green-blue color that 出版：
fades to a clear transparent tone in the lower two-thirds of the body. 莫士撝, Victor Graham 及曾嘉寶，《A Treasury of Chinese Snuff
2 1/4in (5.8cm) high, stopper Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection》，卷五，第一部，香
港，2002年，頁194，編號708
$3,500 - 5,500
The authors, ibid, p. 194, discuss the bottle from a technical point of
1780-1850 透明松石色料胎鼻煙壺一件 view, in so much as it is akin to an uncarved overlay bottle; the neck
opening reveals an outer more transparent layer over an inner milkier
Provenance: version of a similar color; the shape is definitely a hardstone form, and
Robert Hall, London, 1984 the discussion suggests that an important partnership existed between
Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong, 1984-2015 the glassblower and the lapidary.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Part X,
31 May 2015, lot 58
Published:
Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese
Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 5, Part 1,
Hong Kong, 2002, p. 194, no. 708

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