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9005 (two views) 9005
A CINNABAR-RED OVERLAY WHITE
9006 (two views) GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
6 | BONHAMS 1780-1860
Of compressed ovoid form with a flat lip and
an oval foot rim, a single overlay of cinnabar
glass on an off-white ground, the carving
depicting an auspicious landscape with a
crane carrying lingzhi above a spotted deer
and pine, reversed by an eagle and a bear.
2 5/8in (6.8cm) high

US$5,000 - 7,000

Provenance
Robert Hall
Marian Mayer Collection, #734

Published
Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles II, London,
1989, no 103, p. 123
Marian Mayer, Glass Snuff Bottles of China
from the Mayer Collection at Steuben Glass,
n.p. 1980 no 45

Exhibited
Glass snuff bottles of China at Steuben Glass,
New York, September 9 - October 3, 1980

1780-1860 白地套剔紅料’鶴鹿同春’鼻煙壺

9006
A BLUE GLASS OVERLAY SNUFF
BOTTLE
1750-1820
Of compressed ovoid form with a flat lip
slightly everted and a flat oval foot rim
surrounding a deeply recessed foot, with a
sapphire blue overlay on a bubble suffused
ground, the carving remarkably skillful in high
relief depicting a continuous landscape with
figures.
2 3/8in (6.1cm) high

US$4,000 - 6,000

Provenance
Hugh Moss Ltd. 6 May 1998 “The Ko-Lipped
Blue Glass Overlay”
Ko family Collection

1750-1820 霏雪地套藍料高士攜童子游春歸
來鼻煙壺