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A PALE COBALT-BLUE GLASS FACETTED AN EMERALD-GREEN GLASS FACETTED SNUFF
SNUFF BOTTLE BOTTLE
IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, DAOGUANG WHEEL-CUT FOUR- IMPERIAL WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, QING DYNASTY, 1720-1820
CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850) The transparent green glass bottle is of octagonal profile, the
The blue glass is of octagonal profile with the two main sides main sides each with a raised panel surrounded by eight facets,
with raised convex circular panels divided into four facets. The the base flat. Together with a green glass snuff dish.
base is wheel-cut with the reign mark in regular script. Together Bottle: 1 5 in. (4 cm.) high, tourmaline stopper;
with a lavender blue glass snuff dish. Dish: 1 4 in. (3.7 cm.) long (2)
Bottle: 2Ω in. (6.3 cm.) high, stained quartz stopper;
Dish: 1¿ in. (3 cm.) diam. (2) HK$16,000-30,000 US$2,100-3,800

HK$26,000-40,000 US$3,400-5,200 This is one of a large series of octagonal facetted glass bottles made
at the Court for distribution by the Qing Emperors as gifts to officials,
scholars, military men and other worthies on specific occasions each
PROVENANCE
Bottle: The Agatha Aronson Collection year. The faceting arose out of the influence of the Bavarian Kilian
Stumpf who set up the Imperial glassworks in 1696, and became
Acquired in Los Angeles, September 2012 a popular form of decoration for glass bottles, and other wares,
throughout the dynasty. Because they were so frequently distributed
as gifts, they were symbols of honour. Emerald-green was one of the
清道光 御製天藍玻璃八角形鼻煙壺 standard colours at the eighteenth century Imperial glassworks used
「道光年製」楷書刻款（連天藍玻璃鼻煙碟） extensively as a monochrome and as an overlay colour.

來源 清 1720-1820 年 御製綠玻璃八角形鼻煙壺
壺：Agatha Aronson 珍藏 （連綠玻璃鼻煙碟）
2012 年 9 月購於洛杉磯

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