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9019 9020
A TURQUOISE-BLUE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE A DOUBLE-GOURD ROCK CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
Likely Imperial, Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1730-1800 1730-1820
Of meiping form, with a flat lip and supported by a flat circular foot, the Of compressed double gourd form, the neck delicately waisted, the
blue glass with a zigzag pattern sweeping across the shoulder. foot a neat concave oval, each bulb remarkably well hollowed, front
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high and back with thee bats carved in low relief, one downward facing
bat on the upper bulb and two bats on the lower bulb around a shou
US$3,000 - 5,000 medallion.
2 3/8in (6.1cm) high
Provenance
Hugh Moss Ltd., 11 May 2000 US$7,000 - 9,000
Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 28 April 1997, lot 4
Provenance
1730-1800 擬御製 宮廷作坊 北京工 鬆石藍料鼻煙壺 Robert Hall, 23 March 2001
1730-1820 水晶福壽紋鼻煙壺
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