1760-1840

Details

**A CARVED AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1840
Of compressed form with flat lip and concave oval foot, finely carved on each shoulder with a mask-and-ring handle, the material of even, warm golden-yellow tone, green glass stopper with silver collar
2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Hugh Moss Ltd.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Although of an unusually even yellow color, this range of material is thought to have been imported from the Baltic region via trade along the Silk Road. See the footnote to lot 207 for further comments on amber.

For a discussion on masks and circular rings as attributes of Palace workmanship during the mid-Qing period, see Moss, Graham and Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle. The J & J Collection, no. 347.

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