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A SANDWICHED PINK GLASS ‘LOTUS’ SNUFF BOTTLE Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection,
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1740-1800 Volume 5, Part 2, Hong Kong, 2008, pp. 324-26, no. 818, and the example
from the Hildegard Schonfeld Collection sold at Christie’s New York, 21
The ovoid bottle is carved through the semi-opaque white layer to March 2013, lot 1097. Rounded versions include one from the Blanche B.
the pale pink middle layer with rows of overlapping petals issuing Extstein Collection sold at Christie’s New York, 21 March 2002, as well as
from a curled lotus leaf. The petals and leaves are fnely incised to one in Moss, Graham, Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J
simulate veining and the foot is formed as the curling stem of the Collection, Volume II, New York, 1993, p. 597, no. 358.
fower. As the lotus emerges pristinely white on a straight stem from the murky
3 in. (7.5 cm.) high, pink tourmaline stopper waters, it became a symbol of purity and integrity and came to be
associated with the upright gentleman.
$8,000-12,000
1740-1800年 御製涅白夾粉紅色玻璃蓮瓣式鼻煙壺
PROVENANCE:
(base)
Monimar Collection.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, 2003.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3842.

EXHIBITED:

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

LITERATURE:

Clare Lawrence, Miniature Masterpieces from the Middle Kingdom, the
Monimar Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, London, 1996, pp. 242-
243, no. 115.

This bottle belongs to a well-known group of sandwiched pink glass bottles
in the form of lotus fowers, probably made at the Court for distribution
as gifts. Most of the bottles from this group tend to be of fattened, ovoid
or rounded form. The elegant meiping form of the present bottle is more
unusual within the group. Another sandwiched pink glass bottle of this
shape was sold at Christie’s New York, 19-20 September 2013, lot 1616.

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