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A RARE BLUE GLASS ELEPHANT-FORM SNUFF
BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1770-1830
The bottle is carved as a caparisoned elephant shown with its head
turned beneath a ruyi-lappet band at the neck.
2º in. (5.7 cm.) high, hardstone stopper
$3,000-4,000

PROVENANCE

Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5181.
1770-1830年 透明藍玻璃雕太平有象鼻煙壺
Caparisoned elephants were a popular Qing imperial motif; the
elephant carring a vase provides the homonym for “peace and
prosperity.” Snuf bottles carved with this motif are usually found
in nephrite. Glass examples of the type are generally yellow. It is
very rare to fnd this elephant motif in cobalt-blue-tone glass.

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A GREEN AND YELLOW-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS
SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1850
The bottle is carved through the outer green overlay on either side
with a gold fsh, set against the wide yellow overlay carved to imitate
a basket, all on the opaque white ground.
2Ω in. (6.3 cm.) high, glass stopper
$3,000-4,000

PROVENANCE

Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1993.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 5391.
1780-1850年 涅白地套黃綠雙色玻璃魚簍紋鼻煙壺

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