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A RED-OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, 1770-1840 Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1997.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
The bottle is fnely carved through the ruby-red overlay to the no. 2534.
semi-transparent ground with a crane holding a tally fying above
a pavilion with an open foodgate above waves on one side, and 1770-1840年 白地套紅玻璃海屋添籌圖鼻煙壺
angular mountains rising from the sea below a bat in fight on the
reverse. The narrow sides are carved with mask-and-ring handles.

2¬ in. (6.7 cm.) high, jadeite stopper
$1,500-2,500

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A SPINACH-GREEN JADE ‘BASKET WEAVE’ SNUFF
BOTTLE
1750-1850
The bottle is well carved with an overall basket weave pattern. The
stone is of dark-green tone with paler and darker mottling.

2º in. (5.7 cm.) high, quartz stopper
$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE

Mr. and Mrs. Gerry. P. Mack Collection; Sotheby’s New York,
October 25, 1997, lot 120.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2514.

LITERATURE

L. Zara, Snuf Bottles, The Mr. and Mrs. Gerry P. Mack collection,
Mineral Digest, 1974, vol. 6, p. 46.
1750-1850年 碧玉雕籮筐紋鼻煙壺

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