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A VERY RARE ENAMELED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1850
The oval bottle is decorated on one side with a scene of a boy riding a bufalo while playing
the fute, the reverse is decorated with geese in fight above water and fowering trees. The
narrow sides are carved with inset panels that have enameled poetic inscriptions referring
to the scenes. The base is incised with a three-character Biyaxuan mark (‘Hall of Elegant
Emerald Green’). The neck is embellished with a silver mount.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high, jadeite stopper
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE
Robert Hall, London, 2004.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4674.
1780-1850年 粉彩玻璃胎牧牛圖鼻煙壺
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