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AN ENAMELED SEMI-TRANSPARENT MUSTARD-YELLOW For an opaque white glass bottle with a three-character Guyuexuan
GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE mark to the foot and painted in a very similar fashion to ours, see
1770-1800, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles XII, pp.44-45, no. 64. Another was
Painted on each main face with a cluster of pink lotus and curling pads illustrated by Hugh M. Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection
below a simple band of cash symbols at the slightly waisted neck; of the Rt. Hon. The Marquess of Exeter, K.C.M.G., London, 1974, p.
stopper. 102, no. E.11.
1 7/8in (4.8cm) high
For another semi-transparent white glass bottle painted with lotus
$1,800 - 2,500 decoration and attributed to the Imperial Palace workshops, though
bearing a Qianlong mark, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo
1770-1800 傳北京宮廷造辦處 黃料胎畫琺琅蓮花圖鼻煙壺 Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, Vol. 1,
pp.320-321, no. 188.
Provenance:
Alice B. McReynolds
Sotheby’s, Los Angeles, The Alice B. McReynolds Collection, 31
October 1984, lot 83

Exhibited:
International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, Waldorf Astoria,
New York, 5-9 November 2013, no. 31

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