Palace Workshops, Beijing, Qianlong wheel-cut four-character mark and of the period Of deep red colour, the transparent hexagonal bottle is carved on both sides with four facets surrounded by an oval medallion, the narrow sides also faceted and the flat base of rectangular shape, carved with a mark reading Qianlong nian zhi, gilt metal stopper, box. 5.5cm (2 1/8in) high. (3).Footnotes清乾隆 寶石紅玻璃八楞式鼻煙壺 「乾隆年製」刻款 A similar faceted ruby-red glass snuff bottle can be found in the Qing Court Collection, see Lifting the Spirit and Body: The Art and Culture of Snuff Bottles, Taipei, 2012, no.II-037, p.130. Provenance: Sam Bernstein, USA, 1990s 來源： 美國Sam Bernstein舊藏，上世紀九十年代 扁圓體八角形瓶，雙面橢圓開光突起四棱，金屬鍍金鏨花蓋。通體寶石紅玻璃。底部陰刻「乾隆年製」楷書款。 此形制可參考清宮舊藏一件紅色玻璃八角鼻烟壺，見《通嚏清揚—鼻烟壺文化特展》，臺北，2012，圖版II-037，頁130。