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Ruby Octagonal Beauty

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  • Glass

  • Octagonal form

  • This snuff bottle is made of the ruby-red transparent glass which was one of the classic products of the Beijing Palace workshops, and tipical of earlier bottles.The body is of faceted octagonal form with raised faceted panels meeting at a central point on each main side. It's unmarked as many of the earlier pieces.



Period

  • 1720 - 1760



Size

  • Height cm. 3.2
  • Mouth cm. 0.6
  • Lip cm. 1.1



Stopper

  • Glass



Exhibited

  • Palazzina delle Arti: Museo del Sigillo (Seal Museum), La Spezia - Italy, November 2010 - January 2011



Comparison

  • - Robert Kleiner - "Chinese Snuff Bottles - The White Wing Collection" - No. 35 - Pag. 66
  • - Denis S.K. Low - "Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect III" - No. 85 - Pag. 109

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