Bottle ID: 00627

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GREEN, IMITATING JASPER, FACETED W/RAISED PANELS

Date: 1750-1795

Height: 53 mm

Glass, of octagonal faceted form with raised panels on the front and reverse, blown and carved as diagonally segmented quatrefoils, the straight neck ending in a wide mouth, of opaque swirly green tone.

Imperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing.

Similar Examples:

Hui, Humphrey K. F. and Christopher C. H. Sin.  An Imperial Qing Tradition - Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Humphrey K. F. Hui and Christopher C. H. Sin, 1994, p. 110, no. 133.
Xia Gengqi, Zhang Rong.  Masterpieces of Snuff Bottles in the Palace Museum, Beijing, 1995, p. 76, no. 48.

Provenance:

Hugh Moss [HK] Ltd.
Wang Ning, Beijing, December 2004

Exhibited:

Annual Convention ICSBS Toronto, October 2007

Both faceting (as a form) and imitation (of another material) seemed to be part and parcel of the output of the Palace Workshops as the eighteenth century progressed.  It seemed to have satisfied the desire for novelty that was part of the culture of Court life.  Glass was the perfect medium for both of these styles  (although the manufacture of glass had occured since the Tang dynasty) as production accelerated with the arrival of Europeans, and in particular the Jesuits, at Court.  The Crane bottle with its octagonal faceted form, produced in imitation of jasper, would have been highly unique at the time, illustrating well exactly what the Imperial workshops could accomplish.

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