Bottle ID: 426

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FLUORITE, RECTANGULAR

Date: 1780-1850

Height: 61 mm

Fluorite, pale blue, the flawless stone of flattened rectangular form with sloping shoulders and a neatly carved oval footrim, the body exceptionally well hollowed.

 

Similar Examples:

The Asian Art Studio Inc., 2008, The Bentley Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles,  p. 95.
The Asian Art Studio Inc., 2008, The Bentley Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles,  p. 94.

Provenance:

Robert Hall
Christie's, South Kensington, October 4, 1999, lot 97
Gerry P. Mack

There are very few fluorite snuff bottles in published collections, and out of those this is one of only a handful which are of a flawless pale blue color. Fluorite is a relatively soft mineral and is often mistaken for aquamarine. The Bentley Collection similar examples are in aquamarine and crystal.

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