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TWO OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
1780-1850
The first of flattened ovoid shape in opaque yellow, overlaid with
translucent ocher carved on one side with a carp leaping from
turbulent waters, emitting vapors from its mouth bearing a pavilion, the
other side carved with a crane bearing a peach branch flying above the
rising sun; the second of flattened circular shape in snowflake glass,
the opaque blue layer carved with figures and the ‘Three Friends of
Winter’ in a landscape.
2 5/8in (6.8cm) high, the taller
$1,200 - 1,500

1780-1850年 套料鼻煙壺兩件

Provenance
The yellow bottle: Private Cincinnati, Ohio Collection, 2014
The blue overlay bottle: Vanessa Holden, October, 1998
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A BLUE OVERLAY SNOWFLAKE GLASS ‘TAIJI SCROLL’ SNUFF
BOTTLE
1800-1850
Of flattened globular form rising to a cylindrical neck and flat lip, the
blue layer carved with the scene of three elders viewing a taiji scroll,
while two others approach from the other side, all supported on an
oval foot ring.
2 1/2in (6.3cm) high
$1,200 - 1,500
1800-1850年 雪霏地套藍料五老觀太極圖鼻煙壺
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Provenance
Acquired in New York, 1982
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