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A RARE CARVED AND ENAMELED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1750-1800 Compare the Guyue xuan-marked white glass bottle enameled with a
similar continuous design of a wicker basket of flowers, but lacking the
The flattened bottle is carved and enameled around the sides as a wicker
carving and featuring decorative borders around the neck, from the J
basket filled with various flowers, with the handle looped over one of
& J Collection, illustrated by H. Moss, V. Graham and K. B. Tsang in
the narrow sides. The three-character mark, Guyue xuan (Ancient Moon
The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, vol. I, New York, 1993, pp. 342-5,
Pavilion), is on the oval base.
no. 200, and the example with similar design, but bearing a yuzhi (by
2¡ in. (6.1 cm.) high, glass stopper
imperial command) mark and with decorative band around the neck,
$20,000-30,000 illustrated by H. Moss, V. Graham and K. B. Tsang, A Treasury of
Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 6, part
PROVENANCE:
Russell Mullin Collection, California. 1, Hong Kong, 2008, pp. 226-7, no. 1105. Another bottle of similar
Terry Mullin Collection. design and with a Guyeu xuan mark was sold in Important Chinese Art
Robert Kleiner, London, 1993. from the Junkunc Collection, Christie’s New York, 18 March 2021, lot
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York. 681.

LITERATURE:
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. 1750-1800年 御製玻璃胎畫琺瑯雕花卉紋鼻煙壺
Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 82-83, 來源:
no. 28. Russell Mullin珍藏, 加州
Terry Mullin珍藏
In 1767, the Jian Yuan was completed in the Changchun Yuan Robert Kleiner, 倫敦, 1993年
complex (a series of Imperial gardens to the West of Beijing adjoining 何瑞秋珍藏, 紐約
the Yuanming Yuan, known collectively as the Summer Palace). One 出版:
of the halls within the Jian Yuan was the Guyue xuan (Ancient Moon 何瑞秋, 《Rivers and Mountains Far from the World - The Rachelle R.
Pavilion). The Changchun Yuan was intended as a retirement home for Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary》, 紐約, 1994年, 頁82-83,
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the Qianlong Emperor, although he never took up full-time residence
there. The Guyue xuan was completed in 1767, prompting the
Emperor to order a group of wares, mostly enamels on glass, bearing
the name of that particular pavilion.

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