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TWO OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
1800-1900
The first of green overlay on caramel glass, one side
carved with two bats flaying above the rising sun, the other
side carved with two cranes flanking a mansion borne on
clouds rising from the sea; the second a Yangzhou school
bottle of brown overlay on white glass, carved on one
side inscribed with a scene of a mounted hunter shooting
a deer, inscribed de lu tu (obtaining emoluments), the
other side carved with chrysanthemums and orchids in
decorative vessels.
2 1/2in (6.3cm) high, the taller

$1,200 - 1,500
1800-1900年 套料鼻煙壺兩件

Provenance
The Yangzhou school bottle:
Collection of Phillip Allen, London
Robert Kleiner, 1997

The green overlay bottle: Acquired in 1975

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TWO GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
1750-1820
Each of flattened rounded form, the cranberry-red overlay
on the first carved as a circular bi disc on each face, an
oval frame each side, and the oval foot ring; the second
of milky-white glass, simulating white jade, the shoulders
carved with lion mask and mock ring handles, supported
on a concave foot.
2 3/8in (5.7cm) high, the taller

$1,200 - 1,500
1750-1820年 料胎鼻煙壺兩件

Provenance
The red overlay bottle: Wang Ning, 2008
The white bottle: Galerie Zacke, Vienna, Austria, 2000

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