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A SMALL CLEAR GLASS FACETTED BOTTLE 來源：
1750-1800 Fahardi, 紐約，1980
Of flattened hexagonal spade shape, three facets to each main face Gerd Lester收藏，紐約，1986
and with a narrow facet to each side, all below a cylindrical neck and 蘇富比，香港，瑪麗及莊智博珍藏，第十部分，2015年5月31日，拍
supported on a flat octagonal base. 品號130
1 13/16in (4.6cm) high, stopper
展覽：
$1,800 - 2,500 大英博物館，倫敦，1995年6月20日-10月15日，編號129
1750-1800 透明料胎刻棱鼻煙壺一件 Robert Kleiner notes, in the publication for the British Museum
exhibition listed above, ibid, p. 208, that this particular bottle
Provenance: possesses a stunning gem-like quality in its brilliant finish, and that in
Fahardi, New York, 1980 spite of its small size has a weighty feel that may have been intended
Gerd Lester Collection, New York, 1986 to imitate rock crystal. Another possibility put forward is that the bottle
Sotheby's Hong Kong, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Part X, was intended as a blank for enameling by the Palace workshops of
31 May 2015, lot 130 the late Qianlong period. Indeed, there are several recorded enameled
glass bottles of the Guyue Xuan group with clear bodies.
Published:
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary and
George Bloch, British Museum, London, 1995, p. 208, no. 129

Exhibited:
The British Museum, London, June 20th - October 15th, 1995, no. 129

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