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A VERY RARE ENAMELED GREEN-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF
BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, YANGZHOU, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN
IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1770-1799)
The bottle is decorated on one side with a fsherman on his boat and on the other with a
scholar contemplating a rocky landscape, all enclosed by a green overlay border enameled
with stylized fowers and scrolls.

2º in. (5.7 cm.) high, glass stopper
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE

Robert Kleiner, London, 2007.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4627.

EXHIBITED

Boston, International Chinese Snuf Bottle Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26
September 2008.

The combination of the overlay border with the enameled scene found on this Yangzhou
bottle is extremely unusual. The design of the bottle, with foral-embellished, solid-
ground border, could possibly be in imitation of imperial porcelain versions, which feature
a central enameled panel set within a related border. For porcelain examples see The
Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Snuf Bottles, Hong Kong, 2003,
pp. 204-205, nos. 214 and 315, and p. 207, no. 317.
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16 THE RUTH AND CARL BARRON COLLECTION OF FINE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES: PART IV