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A PALE GREENISH-WHITE FACETED JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1720-1830
The bottle is carved on either side with a convex panel formed by four facets and on the
narrow sides with three facets. The stone is of an even pale greenish-white color.

2Ω in. (6.3 cm.) high, glass stopper

$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE

Galerie Bertrand de Lavergne, Paris.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2003.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3658.

Faceted bottles of this type were produced from the Kangxi period (1662-1722) onwards
at the Imperial glassworks in Beijing and were soon produced in other materials. The
technique of faceting was introduced by Kilian Stumpf, director of the glassworks from its
inception until his death in 1720, who borrowed from Bavarian glassmaking techniques.
The method was soon applied to other popular materials at court, including jade and
quartz. For an example of an early faceted glass bottle, see the blue glass bottle dated
1696-1730 from the J & J Collection sold at Christie’s New York, 29 March 2006, lot 80.
See, also, a white jade bottle of similar form attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing,
and dated 1700-1760, from the Blanche B. Exstein Collection, sold at Christie’s New York,
21 March 2002, lot 227.

A similar bottle, without carved facets on the convex panels, was sold in The Ruth
and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuf Bottles: Part I, Christie’s New York,
16 September 2015, lot 230.
1720-1830年 御製白玉磨花鼻煙壺

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