A SANDWICHED PINK GLASS 'LOTUS' SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY China, 1780-1850. Of flattened ovoid form, rising from an oval foot to an everted neck, the body neatly carved and incised with five rows of overlapping lotus petals in relief, emerging from a green leaf-form base. The opaque glass of a soft pink color sandwiched between a dark pink layer and the emerald-green layer at the base, the neck of an opaque white color.

Provenance: Collection particulière dans le département Eure-et-Loir, France.
Condition: Minor wear, some nibbling, two extremely fine cracks at the body, almost invisible to the naked eye.

Stopper: Glass stopper with metal collar, metal spoon
Weight: 56.7 g
Dimensions: Height including stopper 70 mm. Diameter neck 17 mm and mouth 6 mm.

This bottle resembles a well-known group of sandwiched pink glass bottles in the form of lotus flowers, probably made at the Court for distribution as gifts. They vary in form, from elongated ovoid as seen here, to shorter, spherical shapes, all finely carved with distinct details, suggesting the glass carvers were working from a general design idea, rather than a specific model. This is one of the most imposing of all the forms, with its elegant, elongated shape and the impressive use of the coloring of the layers of glass, leaving every petal in paler relief and the tips of the leaf around the base paler than the underside they overlap.

Literature comparison:
A related elongated oval bottle is illustrated by Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 5, Part 2, Glass, Hong Kong, 2008, pp. 324-6, no. 818. For an example of rounded form see Moss, Graham, Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, Vol. II, New York, 1993, p. 597, no. 358, and the example in the Blanche B. Exstein Collection, sold in these rooms, 21 March 2002, lot 29.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Bonhams New York, 16 March 2015, lot 8013
Price: USD 6,875 or approx. EUR 8,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A carved green and pink glass snuff bottle, 1780-1850
Expert remark: Compare the closely related decoration and color, as well as size (64 mm). Note the form.



清代粉紅套料器蓮花鼻烟壺
中國，1780-1850年。扁平橢圓形，口外撇，不透明白色直頸，多層浮雕重瓣蓮花，底部綠色蓮葉。柔和的粉紅色漸變，不透明玻璃。

來源：法國 Eure-et-Loir省私人收藏。
品相：輕微磨損，有些磕損，身上有兩道幾乎不可見的極細的裂痕。

壺蓋：玻璃，金屬托片，金屬小勺
重量：56.7 克
尺寸：高 （含蓋）70 毫米，頸部直徑17 毫米及壺口直徑6 毫米

文獻比較：
一件相近的扁平橢圓形的鼻烟壺，見Hugh Moss、Victor Graham 和曾嘉寶，《A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection》，卷五，第二部分，〈玻璃〉，香港，2008年，頁324-6，編號818。另一個圓形的例子，見見Hugh Moss、Victor Graham 和曾嘉寶，《The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle，The J & J Collection》，卷二，紐約，1993年，頁597，編號358。另一件售於Blanche B. Exstein Collection，2002年3月21日，lot 29。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：相近
拍賣：紐約邦瀚斯，2015年3月16日，lot 8013
價格：USD 6,875（相當於今日EUR 8,000）
描述：1780-1850年粉紅套料器蓮花鼻烟壺
專家評論：比較非常相近的裝飾和顏色，以及尺寸 (64 毫米)。請注意外型。