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A RUBY-RED FACETED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1720-1840
The elongated transparent bottle is of deep red color and is carved
on either side with a central hexagonal face enclosed by six facets.

2º in. (5.7 cm.) high, glass stopper

$2,400-3,400

PROVENANCE

Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 3986.
1720-1840年 御製紅玻璃磨花鼻煙壺

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AN ENAMELED PORCELAIN POUCH-FORM SNUFF
BOTTLE                                                                Robert Hall, London, 1996.
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1880                                           Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
The bottle is molded in the form of a small pouch or purse outlined   no. 2139.
by a narrow key-fret-decorated yellow-ground strip pierced at both    1820-1880年 瓷胎畫琺瑯荷包式瑞獸圖鼻煙壺
ends. Each side is decorated with a mythical beast amidst incised
waves and against the pale blue sky.

2 in. (5 cm.) high, glass stopper

$2,400-3,400

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