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A red overlay ‘snowflake’ glass snuff bottle
1040 1780-1820
Well-hollowed, of slender ovoid form with a waisted neck, flat lip, oval
36 | BONHAMS foot ring, masterfully carved through the layer of translucent red overlay,
depicting two fierce-looking dragons pursuing a flaming pearl above
crashing waves, the details carefully defined with finely incised lines.
2 3/4in (7cm) high
$2,500 - 4,000

Provenance
The Asian Art Studio, Inc., August 2004

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1040
A red overlay ‘snowflake’ glass snuff bottle
1730-1820
Very well-hollowed, of compressed globular form with slightly sloping
shoulders, waisted neck, flat lip, oval foot ring, the dense bubble-
suffused ground applied with cranberry-red overlay, carved to each of
its main sides with a carp leaping through breaking waves and breathing
out cloud-form vapor supporting either a pavilion or a stack of books,
the narrow sides with soaring celestial mountain peaks issuing pine and
lingzhi of immortality, with an auspicious crane and a bat in flight.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000

Provenance
Sotheby’s, New York, 6 April 1990, lot 269

Exhibited
Norton Museum of Art, September-November 1997

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