Descrizione
Description: Chinese monochrome ruby red plain glass snuff bottle of flattened round form with everted rim and wide mouth. These wide mouths are often seen on earlier bottles. The ruby red was obtained by mixing colloidal gold in the glass. The technique was introduced to the Imperial glassworks by German Jesuit missionaries. Besides its high quality, the elegance of this bottle is in our opinion unrivalled.
Foot/base: Flat base.
Mark: No marks
Dating: 18th century, Imperial Workshops, Beijing
Material: Glass.
Size: 51 mm high
Stopper: Pink pearl with ivory collar and bamboo spoon
Provenance: Ex Carlo Cottarelli Collection, Milano, Italy. Bought directly from him.
References: See in the last picture a bottle of the same period sold by Christie’s.
Notes: About Carlo Cottarelli collection, see bottle C2 in the Ceramics section.
Recensioni
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