PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF KIM GREEN AN OPAQUE BLUE WITH AVENTURINE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLEImperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1736-1795 Of rounded form with shoulders sloping to a cylindrical neck and with a neatly carved oval footrim, the sky-blue glass suffused with irregular splashes of aventurine and orange glass imitating realgar; stopper. 2 3/8in (5.8cm) high 1736-1795年 御製 或為北京宮廷作坊製 仿雄黃不透明丁香紫料灑金鼻煙壺 Provenance: Peter and Marion Bozzo Collection, Alexandria, VA, 1991 Helen Brockdorff Collection, no. 33, February 2003 Kim Green (1958-2017) Collection, no. 35 來源： Peter and Marion Bozzo伉儷舊藏，弗吉尼亞州亞歷山大市，1991年 Helen Brockdorff舊藏，藏品編號33, 2003年2月 Kim Green (1958-2017)舊藏，藏品編號35 Sky-blue and golden star (aventurine) glass are both colors listed in the archives relating to the items ordered by the Zaobanchu. It appears to be that opaque colors, such as this blue tone, are a product of the Qianlong period while golden star glass appears before then. Similarly realgar glass objects are held in the imperial collection dating from the Yongzheng period and extending into the Qianlong period.