A CARVED PALE BLUE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

1740-1820

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A CARVED PALE BLUE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1740-1820
The flattened pear-shaped bottle is carved in relief on both sides through the bubble-suffused glass with a pair of confronted chilong.
2½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, pink quartz stopper

来源

Collection of Alice B. McReynolds (Part I); Sotheby's Los Angeles, 31 October 1984, lot 71.

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Chi dragons are amongst the most popular imperial designs on snuff bottles during the Qing dynasty, representing the emperor as a dragon. Because they were depicted without a specific numbers of claws they could be distributed as prestigious gifts of an imperial nature without breaking protocol.