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A RED OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE A GREEN OVERLAY WHITE GLASS ‘CHILONG’ SNUFF BOTTLE
1820-1880 1720-1780
Of flattened form, with a ruby red overaly on a snowstorm ground, The bottle of ovoid outline, with a gently waisted neck, flat lip, oval
each side with one or two magpies flying around a single plum trees, foot ring, carved through the opaque green overlay to the milky white
elongated ring mask handles on the shoulders, with a red oval foot ground with four sinuous chilong, some details rendered with carefully
rim. incised lines.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high 2 1/2in (6.4cm) high
US$1,000 - 1,500 US$4,000 - 6,000
1820-1880 雪霏地套紅料’喜上眉梢’紋鼻煙壺 Provenance
Sotheby’s, New York, 3 October 1980, lot 39
Collection of Mrs. Galia Baylin, Hong Kong
1720-1780 涅白地套綠料刻螭龍鼻煙壺
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