The Blue Twin
The Collection > Glass > Third Part
- Glass
- Flattened ovoid form
- Snuff Bottle of clear cobalt blue glass, of flattened ovoid form, with vertical convex lobes running from the neck to the base of the bottle.
Attributed to Beijing.
Period
Size
- Height cm. 5.50
- Mouth cm. 0.60
- Lip cm. 1.55
Stopper
- Coral, with green glass collar
Provenance
- John Catlin, Pasadena, CA
- Asian Art Studio (Clare Chu)
Exhibited
- Palazzina delle Arti: Museo del Sigillo (Seal Museum), La Spezia - Italy, November 2010 - January 2011
Comparison
- "Court Related Chinese Snuff Bottles - The Humphrey K.F. Hui Collection", no. 66: similar example in nephrite