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           A TRANSPARENT RUBY-RED GLASS 'BAMBOO-EDGED'       For a similar bottle with the main faces lightly engraved with flowering
           BOTTLE                                            chrysanthemum, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang,
           Probably Imperial Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1720-1780  A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch
           Each main side molded and carved with a shallow raised circular   Collection, Vol. 5, Part 2, Hong Kong, 2002, pp. 414-415, no.
           panel, the narrow sides with ridged lobes imitating sections of   865, where it is noted that the form itself is probably derived from
           bamboo, all below a very slightly waisted neck with narrow rim and a   seventeenth century Bavarian glass.
           wide circular mouth opening, all supported on a short rounded oval
           foot ring with deeply cut slightly convex base.   For another similar example, see Robert Kleiner & Company Ltd., A
           1 15/16in (4.9cm) high, stopper                   Catalogue of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Hong Kong, 1990, no. 26.
           $2,500 - 3,500

           1720-1780 透明寶石紅料竹節紋鼻煙壺一件
           Provenance:
           Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3639
           Christie's New York, The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Part II, 16
           March 2016, lot 556
           來源:
           露芙及卡尔‧巴伦珍藏,Belmont,马萨诸塞州,編號3639
           佳士得,紐約,露芙及卡尔‧巴伦珍藏,第二部分,2016年3月16日,
           拍品號556







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