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Katalognummer: CA0919-311 A REALGAR GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE China, 18th-19th century. The bottle is of slightly flattened, ovoid form with a deep orange tone accented by brilliant splashes of ochre and yellow. Recessed base with oval foot rim. Very nice surface polish. Provenance: From a Hungarian private collection. Condition: Excellent condition with only minor wear and traces of use, mostly to mouth and lip. Stopper: Ruby-red glass with metal mounting Weight: 49.6 grams including stopper Dimensions: Height including stopper 66 mm. Diameter neck 18 mm and mouth 7 mm. ‘Realgar’ glass is assumed to have been developed at the Imperial glassworks during the Kangxi period (1662-1722), when production was under the directorship of Kilian Stumpf and his fellow Jesuits, who set up the glassworks for the Emperor in 1696. Plain ‘realgar’ glass snuff bottles were made in significant numbers throughout the 18th century and a proportion of them were apparently produced at the court to be distributed as gifts. Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related bottle at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, on November 26th, 2013, in Snuff Bottles from the Mary & George Bloch Collection: Part VII, lot 66. 仿雄黃料器鼻烟壺 中國，十八至十九世紀。瓶子略呈扁平，呈卵形，深橙色調，絢麗的赭色和黃色。 底足凹陷，橢圓形邊緣。 表面光滑。 來源：匈牙利私人收藏 品相：保存極好，僅些微磨損和使用痕跡，大多在壺嘴與唇部 壺蓋：紅石紅色玻璃，金屬包片 重量：49.6 克 含蓋 尺寸：含蓋高 66 毫米；直徑頸部18 毫米及壺嘴7毫米 Schätzpreis 估價: € 400 Startpreis 起拍價: € 200 -