PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF KIM GREEN A RUBY-RED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLEImperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1730-1795 Of ovoid form with shoulders sloping to a cylindrical neck with a wide mouth and with a neatly carved oval footrim, the ruby-red glass with a raised oval panel on each main side; stopper. 2 3/8in (5.9cm) high 1730-1795年 御製 或為北京宮廷作坊製 寶石紅料胎素開光鼻煙壺 Provenance: Joseph Baruch Silver Collection Clare Lawrence Ltd., January 1993 Kim Green (1958-2017) Collection, no. 27 來源： Joseph Baruch Silver舊藏 Clare Lawrence Ltd.古董行，1993年1月 Kim Green（1958-2017）舊藏，藏品編號27 Monochrome glass became a staple of palace production from the Kangxi period onwards for both snuff bottles and other objects. The imperial archives list over thirty colors of monochrome glass from the Yongzheng period onwards, both transparent and opaque, including more than one 'red' color. This classic ruby-red glass is a likely contender for early eighteenth-century glass being of a clear brilliant red color.