A YELLOW OPALESCENT GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE Imperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1730-1800A YELLOW OPALESCENT GLASS SNUFF BOTTLEImperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1730-1800Of compressed globular form, standing on a protruding oval foot enclosed by a finely crafted footrim, with a cylindrical neck, wide mouth and flat thin lip, the elegant bottle of uniform lemon-yellow coloration.1 7/8in (4.3cm) high1730-1800 單色黃料鼻煙壺一件御製 或爲北京宮廷作坊製Provenance:Joan and Ted Dorf Collection, no. 208Although it was formerly thought that there were four tones of yellow glass that were made in the glass workshops in the palace, it is now clear from translation of the imperial archives that there are at least eight different colors of yellow, including a more transparent color. This lovely example with an opalescence imbued in the glass is a likely candidate for that group.