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AN UNUSUAL OCTAGONAL DENDRITIC CHALCEDONY SNUFF Octagonal-shaped bottles are a well-established and accepted
BOTTLE Imperial form. It was derived from the shape of imported European
Possibly Beijing Imperial workshops, 1740-1800 watches made for the court in the early Qing dynasty and occurs
Of faceted octagonal shape with convex oval panels on each main commonly in Imperially-marked glass examples from both the
face, one with a small dark inclusion, the other with a scattering of eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and less frequently in Qianlong-
dark inclusions possibly suggestive of shoaling fish; stopper. marked enamels on glass and in a variety of other media. The same
1 1/2in (4cm) high octagonal form can either be left with faceted panels on each main
side or oval panels like this, and both the shape and size can be
$3,500 - 5,500 widely varied, but the essential idea remains constant of panels on an
octagonal profile.
1740-1800 或爲北京宮廷造辦處 八棱瑪瑙鼻煙壺
Many are known in glass and are widely published. Less often seen are
Provenance: the various examples in different hardstones including agate, crystal,
Dolly Keyston chalcedony and jasper, see Snuff Bottles of the Ch’ing Dynasty,
Robert Kleiner, The Dolly Keyston Collection, 30 March 2007 Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1978, p. 61, no. 43, (hair crystal); Bob C.
Stevens, The Collector’s Book of Snuff Bottles, New York and Tokyo,
Exhibited: 1976, no. 512, (Quartz: bloodstone); and Bonham, Hong Kong, Snuff
International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, Waldorf Astoria, Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection, 27 May 2012, lot
New York, 5-9 November 2013, no. 125. 27 (jasper).

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