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A SMALL RUBY-RED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE This bottle is a fine example of the small faceted type produced from
1730-1800, Imperial glassworks, Beijing the later part of the Kangxi reign (1662-1722) onwards at the Beijing
Of faceted octagonal profile with a raised oval panel on each main face Imperial Glassworks. Their production was promoted by Kilian Stumpf,
with quartered facetting, all below a simple cylindrical neck with a wide director of the glassworks, and indeed display features found in
mouth; stopper. contemporary Bavarian glass production. Bottles in this group, like
1 1/2in (3.8 cm) high ours, are often carved with the four facets meeting at a point on raised
oval panels. It was one of the most popular Imperial forms distributed
$5,000 - 7,000 as gifts at court. The octagonal shape, possibly derived from European
watches, was produced in a range of colors, most often without reign
1730-1800 北京宮廷玻璃造辦處 寶石紅料磨棱微型鼻煙壺 marks. For two examples, see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of
Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol.
Provenance: 5, Part 3, Glass, Hong Kong, 2002, pp. 302-3, no. 804, for a similar
Bob C. Stevens ruby-red glass bottle with Yongzheng four-character mark and p. 304,
Parke Bernet Galleries, Honolulu, The Bob C. Stevens Collection, Part no. 805, for a ruby-red bottle without a mark. See, also, Moss et.
I, 7 November 1981, lot 2 al., ibid, pp. 306-15 for versions in a variety of other colors. Another
Christie’s, New York, 22 September 1987, lot 210 ruby-red example from the Blanche B. Exstein Collection was sold at
Hildegard Schonfeld Christie’s, New York, 21 March 2002, lot 6, and another was illustrated
Christie’s, New York, The Hildegard Schonfeld Collection, March 21, by Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles III, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 18, no. 8.
2013, lot 1001

Literature:
Chinese Snuff Bottles and Dishes, Mikimoto Hall, Tokyo, October
1978, p. 13, pl. 3 and also p. 22, no 4

Exhibited:
Mikimoto Hall, Tokyo, October 1978, ‘Chinese Snuff Bottles and
Dishes’
International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, Waldorf Astoria,
New York, 5-9 November 2013, no. 144

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