B64

Glass, of mottled and striated opaque ochre, green, brown and red colours, interspersed with colourless transparent areas; the bottle of rounded form with a flared neck.

Chinese, 1720-1800
Stopper: brown quartz
Provenance: Hugh Moss Ltd, London, 1976

This is one of a large group of glass snuff bottles that are probably of earlier origins than previously thought, some from the first half of the eighteenth century. Other examples are in blue, green, brown, yellow and multi-coloured, some more successful than others. This is an attractive bottle where the technique has worked well bearing in mind the experimental nature of its manufacture.