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112 - A RARE OPAQUE BLACK GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE PROBABLY IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1736-1800
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A RARE OPAQUE BLACK GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE PROBABLY IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1736-1800 To Be Sold Without Reserve Of compressed pear shape with a wide base and recessed oval foot, the glass of impenetrable darkness Height: 5.6cm Provenance: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2nd May 1996, lot 1122, (not illustrated) Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd, 26th September 1996, (a copy of the original invoice available) This is a rare black example of a well-known Qianlong Imperial shape produced in the Palace workshops in glass and other materials, particularly agate. For a Qianlong marked example in dark sapphire-blue glass, see Gerard Tsang and Hugh Moss, Snuff Bottles of the Ch’ing Dynasty, no. 61, and for an Imperial yellow example of similar shape, but carved, no. 62 Ω This Lot was imported from outside of the UK, under the Temporary Admission regime 5% import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer” and 20% VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium
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Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Robert G. Piper: All Bottles To Be Sold Without ReserveAuction house
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