A FACETTED TURQUIOSE-GREEN GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

of translucent turquoise-green glass, with a flat lip and a flat foot, the two main sides with raised, faceted oval panels surrounded by further faceting; the coral stopper with a gilt-bronze collar engraved with a formalized floral design

Hugh M. Moss Ltd., prior to 1973.
Collection of Paula J. Hallett.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., 1986.

Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch at the Galleries of Sydney L. Moss, Ltd., Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1987, cat. no. 70.
Kleine Schätze aus China. Snuff bottles—Sammlung von Mary und George Bloch erstmals in Österreich. Ausstellung vom 3. Mai bis zum 15. Juni 1993 im Kassensaal der Creditanstalt, Creditanstalt, Vienna, 1993, p. 6, cat. no. 69.
Chinese Snuff Bottles: A Miniature Art from the Collection of George and Mary Bloch, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1994, cat. no.  68.
National Museum of Singapore, Singapore, 1994-1995.

Viviane Jutheau, Guide du collectionneur de tabatières chinoises, Paris, 1980, fig. 1.
Zhao Ruzhen, Jianbian Biyanhu, Taipei, 1994, p. 18, fig. 3.
Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 5, Hong Kong, 2002, no. 809.

There is a very minute chip on the outer lip. There are tiny nibbles on the edge of the facet beneath the neck on one main side which have been slighly polished. Otherwise the snuff bottle is in good condition.
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This bottle is typical of the smaller-sized range for this form. The mouth is well within the range of early wide mouths on glass bottles. The colour, rarely found among the group, it is one that can be associated with the court in other examples, as well as reign-marked objects other than snuff bottles.