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TWO RED-OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF
BOTTLES
1780-1900

The frst, 1780-1850, is carved through the
transparent red overlay to the translucent
white ground with a double-gourd vine,
bats and a bird. The second, 1780-1900, is
carved through the transparent red overlay
to the transparent ground with bats amidst
swirling clouds and a sun etched with the
character ‘ri’ (sun).

2¡ and 3º in. (6 and 8.2 in.) high, glass and

stone stoppers (2)

$2,800-3,800

461 PROVENANCE
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First bottle: Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles,
2006.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 4335.
Second bottle: Michael Hughes, New York,
2003.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 3791.

1780-1900年 套紅玻璃鼻煙壺兩件

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A RUBY-PINK-OVERLAY WHITE
GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
YANGZHOU, 1830-1890

One side is carved through the ruby-pink
overlay to the opaque white ground with
Shoulao and a boy squatting beside a
basket containing a large peach, and on the
reverse with Luxing, the God of Rank, a deer
at his feet and a boy holding a vase behind,
all below a four-character inscription, fan
chang bai lu (‘may you have prosperity and a
hundred blessings’).

2Ω in. (6.4 cm.) high, glass stopper

$3,000-4,000

PROVENANCE

John F. Ruckman Collection, Pennsylvania.
Charles V. Swain Collection, Pennsylvania.
Robert Hall, London, 2009.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 5239.

1830-1890年
揚州作涅白地套紅玻璃壽老圖鼻煙壺

106 THE RUTH AND CARL BARRON COLLECTION OF FINE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES: PART IV