PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF KIM GREEN A RUBY-RED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLEImperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1736-1795 Of rounded form with shoulders sloping to a cylindrical neck with a wide mouth and with a neatly carved oval footrim, the narrow sides with mock mask-and-ring handles, the ruby-red glass carved on each main side with a raised inscription within a round panel followed by two seals; stopper. 1 15/16in (4.8cm) high 1736-1795年 御製 或為北京宮廷作坊製 寶石紅料胎刻銘文飾舖首啣環鼻煙壺 Provenance: Robert Kleiner, London, 25 October 2006 Kim Green (1958-2017) Collection, no. 100 來源： 倫敦Robert Kleiner舊藏，2006年10月25日 Kim Green（1958-2017）舊藏，藏品編號100 The inscriptions on the main sides read ci bu zhangbing an jiabang, yi bu cuncai guojia yong , which can be translated approximately as 'a gentle and kind soul cannot control the army to protect the motherland, (a man) with chivalric virtue cannot manage wealth for a nation'. These two lines areposed based on an earlier phrase ci bu zhangbing, yi bu zhangcai (a merciful andpassionate heart should not control the army, a chivalric nature cannot manage wealth) quoted from the book Zengguang Xianwen (Extended Collection of Excellent Ancient Articles). It is not clear who should be credited for the book. The book name first appeared in a Ming dynasty tragedy play Mudan Ting (The Peony Pavilion) during the Wanli period, and it had been edited and amended multiple times during the Ming and Qing dynasties.