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A RARE REALGAR GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE For a lengthy discussion on the methods used to form characters on
Possibly Imperial, 1730-1830 the surface of the realgar glass bottles, which it seems, involved a
Of oviform shape, the dappled rust, red and yellow material carefully two-piece mould and perhaps, some form of a wax resist, see Michael
worked to form Chinese characters reading le (pleasure) and nian, C. Hughes, The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Chinese Snuff Bottles,
(commemorate) to the body; stopper. Baltimore 2009, pp.238-239, no. 186.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high
For another example see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo
$4,000 - 6,000 Tsang, Treasury, Vol. 5, Part 1, Glass, Hong Kong 2002, pp. 138-140,
no. 703. Another sold at Christie’s, New York, The Meriem Collection,
1730-1830 或爲御製 仿雄黃料胎巧色文字鼻煙壺 Part II, 19 March 2008, lot 203 and a third was illustrated by Ning
Wang, One Man’s Choice...VI, Beijing, 2013, p. 54, no. 47, where
Provenance: the author illustrates not only the Chester Beatty example mentioned
Albemarle Collection above but another from Zhongguo Biyanhu Zhenshang
Robert Kleiner, The Albemarle Collection, 22 October 2011 (Appreciation of Chinese Snuff Bottles), no. 19, which has an integral
coiling chilong design to the side.
Literature:
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Albemarle Collection,
Part 1, Hong Kong, 1994, no. 27

Exhibited:
International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, Waldorf Astoria,
New York, 5-9 November 2013, no. 137

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