CHINESE EMBELLISHED BLUE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE,Yongzheng/Qianlong Period. The transparent blue body carved with a raised circular panel embellished in mother of pearl on each side depicting a blossoming prunus branch flanked by oval panels.
NOTE: For a similar snull bottle see " The Gerry Mack Collection of Important Chinese Snuff Bottles" Sotheby's, New York, October 25, 1997, lot 3. " Embellished glass snuff bottles was one of the early type of bottles produced by Palace Workshops. According to the Manufacturing Office Record, Prince Yi presented the newly enthroned Emperor Yongzheng with a coral and amber embellished blue glass snuff bottle on the ninth day after the emperor's accession. Obviously, the bottle was commissioned by Emperor Kangxi in his last days."
Two snuff bottles are illustrated by Yang Boda, in zhang guo bi yan hu zhen shang, nos. 101 and 102. Another formerly in the Edmund F. Dwyer Collection is illustrated by Lilla S. Perry, in "Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Adventures & Studies of a Collector" no. 160
Estimate $8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE: Collection of a Maryland gentleman Ex. collection C.P. Lee and son
