AN IRON-RED, YELLOW AND BROWN SANDWICHED AQUAMARINE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE Bubble suffused glass body of even bluish-green aquamarine color with a sandwiched layer of iron-red, ochre and iridescent maroon splashes, altogether reminiscent of the group of realgar glass snuff bottles. China, 1720-1800Likely an earlier example of this group, this bottle still bears some distant design elements inherited from late 17th century Bavarian bottles. As we know the founder of the Imperial Glass Workshops in Beijing (1697), Kilian Stumpf (1655-1720), originally came from Wurzburg in Bavaria.Shape: Bulbous pear fromHollowing: Standard, good symmetry of interior and exterior contours Mouth, neck and lip: Prominent cylindric neck with slanted inner and outer lip, flat top and smaller mouth (compared to size of the neck)Base: Oval with raised and rounded foot rimStopper: Jasper (blood stone) and onyx plateletHeight of the bottle with stopper: 6.3 cmWidth of the mouth: 7 mmWidth of the neck: 17 mmCondition: PerfectProvenance: American Private CollectionLiterature comparison: The Joe Grimberg Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles. Sotheby’s, September 14th 2010, NEW YORK, lot 12. (for a realgar-splashed sandwiched glass bottle) Snuff Bottles from the Mary & George Bloch Collection: Part VII. Sotheby’s, November 26th 2013, HONG KONG, lot 52. (for a sandwiched glass bottle with a similar design reminiscent of tortoise shell).Expertise: Alexander Zacke三色海藍玻璃鼻煙壺分散氣泡玻璃身, 平整海藍玻璃, 夾鐵紅、黃與栗色的層次, 樣子像雄黃玻璃鼻煙壺中國, 1720–1800年其類鼻煙壺的早期例子, 乃在保持17世紀晚期來自巴伐利亞的壺圖案元素. Kilian Stumpf (1655-1720) 先生曾從巴伐利亞來到中國, 在北京建立皇家玻璃廠.形狀:球梨形掏膛:標準, 內部輪廓與外部相稱瓶口、頸、瓶唇: 特出圓柱形頸, 斜唇內外部, 平頭, 小口 (跟頸大小比)底足:橢圓形, 突出圓足邊蓋: 雞血石雕蓋在縞瑪瑙片上高(帶蓋):6.3厘米口徑:0.7厘米頸部直徑:1.7厘米狀態敘述:完善來源:美國私人舊藏文獻: The Joe Grimberg Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles. Sotheby’s, 2010 年9月14日, NEW YORK, 編號12. Snuff Bottles from the Mary & George Bloch Collection: Part VII. Sotheby’s, 2013 年11月26日, HONG KONG, 編號52.