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AN UNUSUAL RED OVERLAY SNOWFLAKE GLASS SNUFF
BOTTLE
1750-1820
Of rounded rectangular form, the bubble suffused body overlaid with
transparent red glass carved to form an oval frame on each face, the
sides each carved with a bat between C-scrolls, and the foot ring
formed from two bosses between two C-scrolls.
2 3/8in (5.7cm) high
$4,000 - 6,000
1750-1820年 雪霏地套紅料蝠耳鼻煙壺

Provenance
Peter and Marion Bozzo Collection, 1991

A bottle of similar design is illustrated in Hugh Moss, Victor Graham
and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and
George Bloch Collection, vol. 5, part 2, Hong Kong, 2002, no. 903.

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A BLUE OVERLAY SNOWFLAKE GLASS ‘FLORAL’ SNUFF
BOTTLE
1780-1850
Of flattened globular shape, the shoulders rising to a short tapered
neck with a slightly concave lip, the blue overlay carved to form
camellia and begonia on one face and orchid and plum on the other,
each plant portrayed in a pot on a stand, the sides each carved with
chrysanthemums in a beaker vase and lotus in a vase, the overlay
further used to carved two chilong forming the footring, enclosing the
characters ping’an (peace) in the convex foot.
2 3/4in (6.7cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000
1780-1850年 雪霏地套藍料「平安」鼻煙壺

Provenance
C.Y. Tse, Hong Kong, 1986
The Bentley Collection
Asian Art Studio

Illustrated
The Asian Art Studio, Inc., The Bentley Collection of Chinese Snuff
Bottles, Los Angeles, 2008, p. 44.

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