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A SUPERB SEMI-TRANSPARENT RED OVERLAY OPAQUE 來源：
WHITE GLASS 'PEACH AND POMEGRANATE' MINIATURE Jana Volf，紐約，2012年
BOTTLE 莫士撝，香港，2012年
1730-1820 露芙及卡尔‧巴伦珍藏，Belmont，马萨诸塞州，編號5419
Of small, rounded shape peach with gently sloping shoulders and 佳士得，紐約，露芙及卡尔‧巴伦珍藏，第二部分，2016年3月16日，
slightly waisted cylindrical neck with wide mouth opening, the main 拍品號473
sides carved in gently rounded relief with a leafy, stemmed peach
before a ripe pomegranate and divided at the narrow sides by unusual For a similar transparent ruby-red overlay bottle carved with peaches
'flying bat' handles, supported on a short flat oval foot ring carved to the main sides and bats to the narrow sides, see Hugh Moss, Victor
mostly from the red overlay and with a shallow cut base. Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The
1 9/16in (4cm) high, stopper Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 5, Part 2, Hong Kong, 2002,
pp. 429-430, no. 872, where the authors note that such cameo-
$3,500 - 5,000 overlays were in production by the Yongzheng period since several are
described in the Palace records. The subject would have been an ideal
1730-1820 白地套半透明紅料「三多圖」鼻煙壺一件 one as a birthday gift, possibly for the emperor, given the longevity
symbolism of the fruit and the good fortune signified by the bats.
Provenance:
Jana Volf, New York, 2012
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2012
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5419
Christie's New York, The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Part II, 16
March 2016, lot 473

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