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A RED-OVERLAY ‘SNOWSTORM’
GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS,
1770-1840

The bottle is carved through the
transparent red overlay to the bubble-
sufused ground on either side with a
chilong entwined with an archaistic bi-disc.

$2,400-3,400

PROVENANCE

Robert Kleiner, London, 2004.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 3957.

1770-1840年
雪霏地套紅玻璃螭龍玉璧紋鼻煙壺

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TWO METAL SNUFF BOTTLES
1750-1840 378
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The frst parcel-gilt silver bottle, 1760-1830,
is decorated on each side with a leaping
dragon roundel surrounded by openwork
scrolling tendrils repeated on the foot. The
second bottle, 1750-1840, is decorated on
each side with a shou character-medallion
encircled by the wufu, and on the shoulders
with mask-and-ring handles.

2Ω and 2 in. (6.3 and 5 cm.) high, coral (2)
stoppers

$3,000-4,000

PROVENANCE

First bottle: Alice Klein Collection,
California.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California,
2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 5216.
Second bottle: John Ault Collection,
Bangkok, Thailand.
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd.,
Hong Kong, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 5247.

1750-1840年 金屬胎鼻煙壺兩件