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A WHITE GLASS ‘CHRYSANTHEMUM’ SNUFF A RUBY-RED AND WHITE GLASS SNUFF
BOTTLE BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, PROBABLY IMPERIAL, QING DYNASTY, 1730-1850
BEIJING, QING DYNASTY, 1730-1820 The ruby colour of the glass bottle is sandwiched between two
The translucent white glass bottle with a wide mouth layers of white, concentrated in the upper part of the bottle and
and protruding, flat base is carved on the body with three ending in a clear-cut line around the neck. Together with a pink
registers of vertical, scalloped facets resembling stylised and white glass snuff bottle.
chrysanthemum petals. Together with a white glass snuff dish. Bottle: 2¿ in. (5.5 cm.) high, stained quartz stopper;
Bottle: 1 7 in. (4.6 cm.) high, tourmaline stopper; Dish: 1æ in. (4.5 cm.) long (2)
Dish: 1 2 in. (3.2 cm.) long (2)
HK$14,000-25,000 US$1,900-3,200
HK$12,000-28,000 US$1,600-3,600
PROVENANCE
In 1705, the governor of Suzhou received seventeen pieces of glass Bottle: The Chilcott Collection, Vancouver, before 2009
from the Court. This included wares in three monochrome colours,
white, yellow and blue, as well as blue glass flecked with gold. (See
Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Vol. 5, Glass,
Chronological List.) By the end of the Kangxi period white glass was 清 1730-1850 年 紅白玻璃鼻煙壺
being produced at Court in several distinguishable shades or types of （連紅白玻璃鼻煙碟）
white. It was then used regularly for the rest of the dynasty, either as a
monochrome glass, or as part of an overlay combination. Although of an
unusual form, which evokes fairly common formalized chrysanthemum 來源
leaves, the colour, faceting and the wide mouth with a concave lip are 壺：Chilcott 珍藏，溫哥華，2009 年以前
all features of known eighteenth-century Palace glass snuff bottles on
the current bottle.

清 1730-1820 年 白色玻璃菊瓣式鼻煙壺
（連白色玻璃鼻煙碟）

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