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  • 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

  • 1750 - 1850



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

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