G2 A ruby red, plain glass snuff bottle

Description

Description:  Chinese monochrome ruby red plain glass snuff bottle of flattened round form with everted rim and wide mouth. These wide mouths are more 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.

Foot/base:  Flat base.

Mark:  No marks

Dating:  18^th 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.

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Notes:  About Carlo Cottarelli collection, see bottle C2 in the Ceramics section.