Qianlong period, 乾隆 1736–1795

Clear sapphire-blue with goldstone inclusions, of rounded form with a short neck and a flaring recessed foot.

For goldstone, also called aventurine, see the footnote of bottle no. 50. A similar bottle from the Mary and George Bloch collection is illustrated in Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, 5 volumes (Hong Kong: 1998), vol. 5 Glass, part 2, cat. no. 717. Also see cat. no. 720, another of the same form and size but with aventurine and black glass.

H: 4.85 cm

Provenance 起源: Linda F. Crawley

Published 发布: Asiantiques, A Fascination for Miniatures: The Linda F. Crawley Collection of Chinese Snuff (2008), cat. no. 49

Ref. 049-L0563

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