A PALE CAFE-AU-LAIT GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE1750-1790 Ofpressed rounded shape with waisted neck, the bottle plain save for simple lion-mask handles on the shoulders of the narrow sides, supported on an oval foot; stopper. 1 7/8in (4.8cm) high 1750-1790 淺咖啡色料胎刻舖首顯啣環鼻烟壺 Provenance: Gil and Rosalie Small Robert Kleiner, The Gil and Rosalie Small Collection, 30 March 2006 Exhibited: International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, New York, 5-9 November 2013, no. 119. For anotherpressed beige-colored glass bottle with lion-mask handles, see Christie's, New York, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the J & J Collection, Part V, 17 September 2008, lot 71. In our bottle, the bottle appears to be imitating jade or agate, a conceit at the eighteenth-century Court, that took pleasure in recreating more precious materials in the medium of glass.