AN IMPERIAL FACETED RUBY-RED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE Imperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1730-1770PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF KIM GREENAN IMPERIAL FACETED RUBY-RED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLEImperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1730-1770Of octagonal, faceted form, with a long cylindrical, slightly flared neck and flat lip, each main side of the bottle with convex, quatrefoil panels, of deep ruby-red color.1 5/8in (4cm) high1730-1770 寶石紅料胎刻棱鼻煙壺一件御製 或爲北京宮廷作坊製Provenance:Robert Kleiner, October 2003 Kim Green collection no. 83Although it was through enamel-work that the influence of the Europeans is felt in the imperial workshops, a glass bottle such as this also shows their presence at court. The form of this group of eighteenth-century faceted glass bottles lies firmly in the hands of the Europeans. Yet while faceting as a form is distinctly European, the technique of manufacture is clearly Chinese. The bottle would have been initially mold-blown then cut and polished using similar techniques to the jade carvers at court.