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Property from the Collection of Alice, Maren, and Fred Friedman Property from a Canadian Couple

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A puddingstone snuff bottle An enameled white glass snuff bottle
Of flattened ovoid form, with a flat lip and oval foot rim, bearing mask 18th/19th century
ring handles to each side, the stone with a striking array of pebbles of The ovoid body with tapered flat sides rising to a small, straight narrow lip
burgundy, white, gray and pink on a sand colored ground. and wide mouth, the surface finely enameled with a boy riding backward
2in (5.1cm) high on an ox while others play on the grass, the base with guyuexuan mark.
$1,500 - 2,500 2 3/8in (6cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000
The distinctive sand-colored ground of this bottle indicates it belongs
to the quartz conglomerate group as opposed to the limestone 8089
conglomerate group. For more on this distinction see Michael Hughes The An enameled white glass snuff bottle
Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Chinese Snuff Bottles p. 184. Late Qing dynasty
Of flattened ovoid form rising to a straight mouth and small aperture and
supported by a concave oval foot, the exterior delicately painted with three
quails on a grassy outcropping, four character Qianlong mark on the foot.
2 1/2in (6.3cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000

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