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A WHITE-OVERLAY BLUE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-1880
The opaque white overlay is carved through to the bluish-purple
ground with nine precious bronze vessels, two of the vessels
forming handles on the narrow sides.

2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, lapis lazuli stopper

$1,000-1,500

PROVENANCE

Avrina Pugh Collection, Racine, Wisconsin; Sotheby’s New York,
1 April 2005, lot. 373.
Robert Kleiner, London, 2005.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 4270.
1800-1880年 藍地套白玻璃博古圖鼻煙壺

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A ‘REALGAR’ GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING,
1720-1830
The well-hollowed bottle is decorated with a striking pattern of
reddish-orange areas with opaque orange borders on a brown
and orange ground.

2√ in. (7.4 cm.) high, jadeite stopper

$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE

Robert Hall, London, 2001.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 3293.

EXHIBITED

Boston, International Chinese Snuf Bottle Society Convention,
The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
1720-1830年 仿雄黃玻璃鼻煙壺

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