A SANDWICHED BROWN-SPLASHED TRANSPARENT YELLOW GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1720-1840

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A SANDWICHED BROWN-SPLASHED TRANSPARENT YELLOW GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1720-1840
Of high-shouldered, ovoid form, the yellow-toned glass bottle is accented with reddish-brown splashes, the effect suggestive of tortoiseshell.
2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm.) high, glass stopper

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Robert Hall, London, 1996.

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Another of the large group of Imperial Glassworks bottles intended as gifts, the bubbles in the glass of this bottle were used intentionally as inclusions. A similar bottle exhibiting the same effect suggestive of tortoiseshell from the Blanche B. Exstein Collection was sold in these rooms, 21 March 2002, lot 15.