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A RED-OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
POSSIBLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, 1760-1850
The transparent overlay is carved through to the translucent bubble-sufused ground
with fowering begonia on one side and fowering peony on the reverse, each growing
amidst rocks.
3Ω in. (8.9 cm) high, jadeite stopper
$3,500-4,500

PROVENANCE

Robert Hall, London, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4931.

For a discussion of the Master of the Rocks School of carving, see H. Moss, V.
Graham, and K. B. Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuf Bottles: The Mary and George
Bloch Collection, Vol. 1, Jade, Hong Kong, 1995, nos. 133-43.
1760-1850年 雪霏地套紅玻璃海棠圖鼻煙壺

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