34.2.673 The Mayer Pale Turquoise Glass Translucent pale turquoise-green glass; of compressed, elongated ovoid form with a cylindrical neck, flat lip and recessed, flat, oval foot surrounded by a protruding, rounded, oval footrim Probably Imperial glassworks, Beijing, 1720-1780 Height: 6.7 cm Mouth/lip: .72/10.31 cm Stopper: mother-of-pearl; glass collar Provenance: Marian Mayer Collection (no. 541) Robert Hall (no. 3237) Robert Kleiner (1991) The Robert and Molly Hsieh Collection Sotheby’s, New York, 23 March 2004, lot 32 Published: Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles II, 1989, p. 75 Turquoise was available to the Chinese in both its blue and green varieties throughout the snuff-bottle period, inspiring a range of glass imitations throughout the dynasty. At Court the color was certainly produced as early as 1732, when the Yongzheng Emperor was dissatisfied by a glass imitation of turquoise and ordered it recycled; see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Vol. 5, Glass, under Chronological List. This very pale, turquoise-green colour is unusual among imitations of the material, although the elegant, elongated, compressed ovoid form is typical of Palace glass production in a variety of colours of glass.