114 - A RARE ‘PASTEL-BLUE’ GLASS FACETED SNUFF BOTTLE POSSIBLY IMPERIAL, PERHAPS PALACE WORKSHOPS, 1730-1860

A RARE ‘PASTEL-BLUE’ GLASS FACETED SNUFF BOTTLE POSSIBLY IMPERIAL, PERHAPS PALACE WORKSHOPS, 1730-1860 To Be Sold Without Reserve Of compressed spherical form, the narrow sides each with flattened facets, with a flared neck, flat lip and flat rectangular foot Height: 4.6cm Provenance: Fulika, Hong Kong, (October 1999) Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd, 11th May 2000, (a copy of the original invoice available) This colour of glass is rather rare and appears infrequently as a monochrome, and only occasionally as an overlay colour. The only clues to dating are somewhat contradictory in that as an overlay colour it appears on a group of late Qianlong and early-nineteenth century bottles of one school, attributable to the Palace, while one of the other rare monochrome examples is a multi-faceted double gourd which could be dated to the first half of the century, although it might have been made later. Intriguingly this bottle is also faceted, after a fashion, since the narrow sides have been cut with a flat facet after the bottle has been blown 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