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A ‘REALGAR’ GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE A ‘REALGAR’ GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, QING DYNASTY, PROBABLY IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1720-1840
1720-1840 The bottle is of ruby-red, orange-yellow and orange-brown
The bottle is carved through a red overlay on an orange ground tones with some slight green colouring. Together with a ‘realgar’
with a mask-and-ring handle on each side. Together with a glass snuff dish.
‘realgar’ glass snuff dish. Bottle: 2 2 in. (5.5 cm.) high, glass stopper;
Bottle: 2 2 in. (5.6 cm.) high, glass stopper; Dish: 1¡ in. (3.4 cm.) diam. (2)
Dish: 1 4 in. (3.6 cm.) diam. (2)
HK$16,000-30,000 US$2,100-3,800
HK$16,000-30,000 US$2,100-3,800
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE Dish: C.K. Liang, Jade House, Hong Kong, October 1986
Bottle: C.K. Liang, Jade House, Hong Kong, October 1996
Dish: C.K. Liang, Jade House, Hong Kong, October 1986
清 1720-1840 年 仿雄黃玻璃鼻煙壺
For a discussion on ‘realgar’ glass, see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A
Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Mary and George Bloch （連仿雄黃玻璃鼻煙碟）
Collection, Vol 5, Glass, where its likely Imperial origins are discussed.
來源
清 1720-1840 年 仿雄黃玻璃鋪首銜環耳鼻煙壺 碟：C.K. Liang, Jade House，香港，1986 年 10 月
（連仿雄黃玻璃鼻煙碟）
來源
壺：C.K. Liang, Jade House，香港，1996 年 10 月
碟：C.K. Liang, Jade House，香港，1986 年 10 月
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