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Auction archive: Lot number 259

A Chinese carved realgar glass snuff

Estimate
€2,000 - €4,000
ca. US$2,202 - US$4,405
Price realised:
€3,315
ca. US$3,651
Auction archive: Lot number 259

A Chinese carved realgar glass snuff

Estimate
€2,000 - €4,000
ca. US$2,202 - US$4,405
Price realised:
€3,315
ca. US$3,651
Beschreibung:

A Chinese carved realgar glass snuff bottle, Imperial Glassworks, Beijing, 1730-1840
H.: 7,1 cm Prov.: - The Hildegard Schonfeld Collection, Christie’s, New York, March 21, 2013, lot 1098 (Sold: USD 4.375) ( link ) - The Martin Schoen Colletion; acquired from Belle Schoen, New York, 1987 Realgar is a toxic arsenic compound which tends to disintegrate to a powder when exposed to air and moisture, which is why imitation-realgar glassware became popular for the production of snuff bottles starting from the eighteenth century.

Auction archive: Lot number 259
Auction:
Datum:
21 Sep 2019
Auction house:
Rob Michiels Auctions
Genthof 9
8000 Brugge
Belgium
info@rm-auctions.com
+32 (0)50 343603
Beschreibung:

A Chinese carved realgar glass snuff bottle, Imperial Glassworks, Beijing, 1730-1840
H.: 7,1 cm Prov.: - The Hildegard Schonfeld Collection, Christie’s, New York, March 21, 2013, lot 1098 (Sold: USD 4.375) ( link ) - The Martin Schoen Colletion; acquired from Belle Schoen, New York, 1987 Realgar is a toxic arsenic compound which tends to disintegrate to a powder when exposed to air and moisture, which is why imitation-realgar glassware became popular for the production of snuff bottles starting from the eighteenth century.

Auction archive: Lot number 259
Auction:
Datum:
21 Sep 2019
Auction house:
Rob Michiels Auctions
Genthof 9
8000 Brugge
Belgium
info@rm-auctions.com
+32 (0)50 343603
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