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AN EMERALD-GREEN GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE A SAPPHIRE-BLUE GLASS DOUBLE-GOURD
PROBABLY IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, QING DYNASTY, 1720- FORM SNUFF BOTTLE
1840 IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, QING DYNASTY, 1720-1800
The transparent green bottle is of compressed ovoid form. The transparent blue glass bottle is of double-gourd form with
Together with a transparent green dish with a floral pattern on a wide mouth and circular foot rim. Together with a transparent
the base. sapphire-blue glass snuff dish (probably Beijing, 1770-1850).
Bottle: 18 in. (4.9 cm.) high, glass stopper; Bottle: 18 in. (4.9 cm.) high, mother-of-pearl stopper;
Dish: 1¬ in. (4.1 cm.) diam. (2) Dish: 1¡ in. (3.4 cm.) diam. (2)

HK$6,000-8,000 US$780-1,000 HK$30,000-50,000 US$3,900-6,400
Transparent emerald green glass was one of the standard colours LITERATURE
of the Imperial glassworks during the Qing dynasty, both as a Bottle: Hugh Moss and Stuart Sargent, The Water Pine and
monochrome and for overlay carving, although this intense, dark
emerald colour is unusual. These glass bottles, mostly Imperial, were Stone Retreat Collection of Snuff Bottles. Part One. Imperial
made in large numbers to be distributed by the Qing Emperors as Influence over the Snuff Bottle Arts, Hong Kong, 2017, no.
gifts to officials, scholars, military men and other worthies on specific 34.2.1185
occasions each year.
清1720-1800年 御製透明藍玻璃葫蘆式鼻煙壺
清1720-1840年 透明綠玻璃鼻煙壺 （連透明藍玻璃鼻煙碟）
（連透明綠玻璃花卉紋鼻煙碟）
出版
壺：莫士撝、薩進德，《水松石山房鼻煙壺珍藏：第一部 宮
廷風趣、技藝在鼻煙壺美術中所起的作用》，香港，2017
年，編號34.2.1185

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