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TWO FACETED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1700-1860

The frst opaque white bottle, 1700-1820, is of double-gourd
form with six vertical facets. The second octagonal bottle,
1750-1860, has a mottled white inner layer sandwiched
between pinkish-white layers creating cloud-like markings
carved on either side with a fat, raised oval panel encircled by
pentagonal facets.

1√ and 2º in. ( 4.8 and 5.7 cm.), glass and jade stoppers (2)
$3,500-4,500

PROVENANCE

First bottle: Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 4756.
Second bottle: Dragon Culture, Hong Kong, 2000.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 5233.

1700-1860年 磨花玻璃鼻煙壺兩件

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A WHITE-OVERLAY PINK GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1860 339
The bottle is carved through the white overlay to the pink 31
ground on either side with a pair of angular chilong forming a
stylized shou character.

2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, jadeite stopper

$3,000-4,000

PROVENANCE

Robert Kleiner, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 5151.
1780-1860年 粉紅地套白玻璃拐子龍紋鼻煙壺