A Gu Yue Xuan white glass snuff bottle

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Glass Pre 1800: item #817756
817756

Gu yue xuan 月轩鼻 (Ancient Moon Pavilion), Qianlong mark and period, 乾隆 1736 – 1795
Height: 6.4 cm.

Pastel enamels on milky-white glass, one side finely painted with a farmer riding a large ox crossing a small stream on a wooden bridge with a blossoming cherry tree and a willow tree in the background, the ... Click for details

A fine Gu Yue Xuan glass snuff bottle

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Glass Pre 1800: item #817753
817753

Beijing Palace Workshops, 1770 – 1795
Height: 6.6 cm.

Polychrome enamels on clear crizzled glass, of rounded rectangular form with a broad cylindrical neck and recessed foot painted with a gu yue xuan 月轩鼻 (Ancient Moon Pavilion) three-character mark in blue enamel, the body decorated with a blossoming plum tree, bamboo... Click for details

A red overlay snuff bottle for the Duanwu festival

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Glass Pre 1800: item #817739
817739

Probably Beijing Palace Workshops, Qianlong period, 乾隆 1736 – 1795
Height: 5.8 cm.

Red glass overlay on a light snowflake ground carved with a continuous scene depicting a chi dragon, frog, scorpion, snake and another winged-creature, together with millet, a pomegranate tree and rockwork, the bottle of rounded form with a tal... Click for details

A red overlay glass snuff bottle with dragons

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Glass Pre 1900: item #817733
817733

1750 – 1820
Height: 6.4 cm.

Ruby-red glass on a dense snowflake ground carved with a five-claw dragon chasing a flaming pearl while another dragon is emerging from scrolling waves, the bottle of globular form with a recessed foot and a broad neck and mouth.

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A red overlay glass snuff bottle

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Glass Pre 1800: item #817703
817703

Probably Beijing Palace Workshops, Qianlong period, 乾隆 1736 – 1795
Height: 8.5 cm.

Ruby-red glass overlay on a snowflake ground carved on one side with a crane, lingzhi, a peach tree and rockwork within an oval panel, and a bat, lingzhi, flowers and rockwork on the other side, five characters in archaic script carved on each... Click for details

A miniature ruby-red glass snuff bottle

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Glass Pre 1800: item #817697
817697

Probably Beijing Palace Workshops, Qianlong period, 乾隆 1736 – 1795
Height: 3.9 cm.

Transparent ruby-red glass, a miniature bottle of ovoid compressed form with an everted neck and a recessed foot, each side carved with a coiled dragon, the shoulder fitted with ring-handles. ... Click for details

A ruby-red glass snuff bottle

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Glass Pre 1800: item #817695
817695

1720 – 1790
Height: 4.4 cm.

Transparent ruby-red glass with minor bubble inclusions, of compressed ovoid form with narrow flat edges, everted neck and recessed foot.

Provenance 起源: Linda F. Crawley ... Click for details

A ruby-red snuff bottle with mock-mask ring-handles

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Glass Pre 1800: item #817493
817493

Probably Beijing Palace Workshops, 1720 - 1790
Height: 5.6 cm.

Transparent ruby-red glass of flattened round form with a tall cylindrical neck and recessed foot, a mock-mask ring-handle carved on both shoulders.

Provenance 起源: Linda F. Crawley ... Click for details

A ruby-red glass snuff bottle of Meiping-form

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Glass Pre 1900: item #817491
817491

Probably Beijing Palace Workshops, 1750 – 1820
Height: 7.9 cm.

Transparent ruby-red glass of flattened and elongated meiping form, with a flared neck and recessed foot with a flat base.

The form of this very elegant bottle is referred to as "modified meiping" a... Click for details

A ruby-red glass snuff bottle

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Glass Pre 1800: item #817487
817487

Probably Beijing Palace Workshops, 1720 – 1790
Height: 7 cm.

Transparent ruby-red glass of elongated oval form with flat panels on either side, a tall cylindrical neck and recessed foot.

The richness of red glass is due to the inclusion of gold in the glass. T... Click for details