A fine sapphire-blue glass snuff bottleImperial glassworks, Beijing, 18th/19th century
The compressed circular bottle superbly modelled with faceted narrow sides flanking a raised round panel on each side, the material of a brilliant purple-blue colour, stopper. 5.7cm (2 1/4in) high (2).注脚十八/十九世紀 北京寶石藍料鼻煙壺

Provenance:
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3 November 1994, lot 824
The Angela Chua Collection

來源：
香港蘇富比，1994年11月3日，拍品編號824
蔡劉木蘭收藏

The present snuff bottle is a rare example demonstrating Western influence at the imperial court, exemplified in the technique of the fluted decoration on the narrow sides which was probably derived from European faceting. One of few other similar examples include a transparent ruby-red glass snuff bottle, 1740-1780, from the Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, which was sold at Christie's New York, 13 September 2017, lot 350.

寶石藍料，色如藍寶，瑩潤剔透，身鼓形，緣起花稜，餘無他飾。

此件鼻煙壺有鮮明的歐洲風格，參考Ruth及Carl Barron舊藏一件清中期紅寶石料鼻煙壺，工藝設計頗為一致，2017年9月13日售於香港佳士得，拍品編號350。