AN IMPERIAL 'REALGAR' SANDWICHED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, 18TH CENTURYChina, 1730-1800. Probably Imperial, attributed to the palace workshops. The sprawling neck with a wide opening. Of flattened ovoid form with an oval inverted base, the translucent glass bottle smoothly polished and showing dark brown speckles against a caramel-brown, amber ground.Provenance: From the collection of Dr. Erika Pohl-Str??her (1919-2016), thence by descent in the same family. Dr. Erika Pohl-Str??her was a German-born Swiss resident and heiress to the hair care and cosmetics company Wella AG. She was a passionate collector and had amassed in her lifetime various important art collections, as well as one of the world's most valuable collections of gems and minerals.Condition: Perfect condition with only minimal manufacturing flaws.Stopper: Red glass stopper with gilt bronze spoonWeight: 28.9 g Dimensions: Height including stopper 59 mm. Diameter neck 12 mm and mouth 7 mmRealgar, disulfide of arsenic, was used in Chinese and, particularly, Daoist alchemical practice. Since it powdered when continually exposed to light, and was poisonous, it was unsuited for vessels made to contain anything for human consumption. A substitute was produced in glass, apparently first at the Imperial glassworks in the Kangxi period, for the production of vessels of all kinds. Snuff bottles were one of the most popular forms made in large numbers to be distributed as gifts on regular occasions - one of the main reasons for the production of such large quantities at the Court.Auction result comparison: Compare with a related realgar glass snuff bottle, also attributed to the Imperial palace workshops, at Sotheby's New York in The Joe Grimberg Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, 14 September 2010, lot 12, sold for USD 15,000.十八世紀御制仿雄黃料鼻烟壺中國,1730-1800年。可能是來自御用工坊。寬頸,扁荷包式,半透明,光滑打磨,焦糖棕色地上深褐色斑紋。來源:Erika Pohl-Str??her(1919-2016)博士收藏,保存於同一家族至今。 Erika Pohl-Str??her博士是德國出生的瑞士人,是護髮和化妝品公司Wella AG的女繼承人。 她是一位忠誠的收藏家,一生中積累了許多重要的藝術收藏以及世界上最有價值的寶石和礦石收藏之一。圖片:Dr. Erika Pohl-Str??her品相:狀況幾乎完美,僅輕微製作缺陷。 壺蓋:紅玻璃壺蓋,鎏金銅壺匙 重量:28.9 克尺寸:總高59 毫米;頸部直徑12 毫米;嘴部直徑7 毫米拍賣結果比較:一件相似仿雄黃料鼻烟壺,御用工坊,見紐約蘇富比 The Joe Grimberg Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles拍場2010年9月14日lot 12, 售價USD 15,000.