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A TRANSLUCENT MOTTLED PALE AND MOSS-GREEN JADEITE
SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-1900

The plain, rounded bottle is carved from translucent stone of pale
greenish-white tone mottled with moss-green inclusions that are
reminiscent of a landscape on one side.
2º in. (5.7 cm.) high, amethyst quartz stopper

$5,000-7,000

PROVENANCE:

Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 1996.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2246.

1800-1900年 翠玉光素鼻煙壺

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Ψ 254 Faceted forms derive from European stylistic and technical infuence during
A SMALL PURPLE GLASS FACETED SNUFF BOTTLE the early years of the Beijing Palace glassworks which were set up in 1696.
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1720-1800 At this time, the workshops were under the direction of a Jesuit missionary
named Kilian Stumpf (1655-1720) and there is every reason to expect
The transparent purple glass bottle is of octagonal shape and is carved European infuence in design as well as manufacture.
on either side with a fat, raised oval panel encircled by pentagonal
facets. The combination of an early faceted form with a raised, circular panel on
1æ in. (4.4 cm.) high, jadeite stopper each main side acting as an integral snuff dish is a common feature of
early snuff bottles before dishes were made as separate objects. A similar
$2,500-3,500 example of slightly deeper purple tone is illustrated by R. Kleiner in The
Nordic Butterfy Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Hong Kong, 2010, Part
PROVENANCE: I, p. 22, no. 12. For examples with integral snuff dishes in different colors
see D. Low, More Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect,
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2008. Hong Kong, 2002, p. 148, no. 137 (green); Moss, Graham, Tsang, A
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4747. Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, the Mary and George Bloch Collection,
Volume 5, Part 2, Hong Kong, 2002, pp. 300-301, no. 803 (red), and pp.
EXHIBITED: 298-299, no. 802 (white).

Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The
Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.

1720-1800年 御製透明紫玻璃磨花八方式小鼻煙壺

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