Live Auction 19770From Beijing to Versailles, the V.W.S. collection
RARE TABATIÈRE INSCRITE EN VERRE JAUNE
Lot 581 PROPERTY FROM THE V.W.S. COLLECTION

RARE TABATIÈRE INSCRITE EN VERRE JAUNE

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, ÉPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

Closed14 December 2022

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EUR 27,720

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RARE TABATIÈRE INSCRITE EN VERRE JAUNE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, ÉPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
De forme circulaire aplatie, elle est inscrite des deux côtés d'un poème de Du Fu (712-770), Qiu Xing Ba Shou ('Eight Odes on Venting My Feelings') avec la signature de l'empereur Qianlong ; sans bouchon.
Hauteur : 6 cm. (2 3/8 in.)

Acquired by the father of V.W.S. (1890-1977) in China in the 1930s.
The V.W.S. (1918-1974) Collection.

Specialist note

The quality of the carving indicates that this yellow glass snuff bottle comes from the imperial workshop. Emperor Qianlong showed his talent in literature and was fond of leaving his poetry on artifacts. A close example of yellow glass snuff bottle with inscription of Qianlong is illustrated in Universe in a Bottle, Treasures of Snuff Bottles, National Museum of History, Taiwan, 2008, pp. 54-55.