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A FACETED YELLOW GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1720-1830
The translucent egg-yolk-colored bottle is carved with convex
circular panels on either side, surrounded by a row of facets.
Each narrow side is carved with lobes.

2 in. (5 cm.) high, turquoise stopper
$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE

Tian Hua Oriental Art, 2003.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 3845.
1720-1830年 御製涅黃玻璃磨花鼻煙壺

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A BLUE-OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1730-1800
The transparent overlay is carved to the bubble-sufused ground
with two large dragons with coiled bodies, one with a single-horn,
the other with a beak, as well as a third smaller dragon. The tail of
the beaked dragon forming the foot ring.

2Ω in. (6.4 cm.) high, tourmaline stopper

$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE

Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2006.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 3040.

EXHIBITED

Boston, International Chinese Snuf Bottle Society Convention,
The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
1730-1800 御製透明地套藍玻璃龍紋鼻煙壺

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