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                              A GREEN-OVERLAY BROWN GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
                              1770-1850
                                 The bottle is carved through the translucent green overlay to the cofee-colored ground
                                 with a pair of magpies in fight amidst prunus branches.
                                 2Ω in. (6.4 cm.) high, jade stopper
                                 $3,000-4,000

                                              PROVENANCE

                                 Goldney Collection; Weller’s Surrey, 23 March 2009.
                                 Robert Hall, London, 2009.
                                 Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2011.
                                 Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5176.
                                 Magpies (xique) depicted alighting on prunus branches (mei) form the rebus xi shang mei
                                 shao, ‘may your joy reach up to the top of your eyebrows’, as magpies are symbols of joy,
                                 and the plum is a pun for ‘eyebrows’ (mei).
                              1770-1850年 褐色地套綠玻璃喜上眉梢圖鼻煙壺

66 THE RUTH AND CARL BARRON COLLECTION OF FINE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES: PART IV
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