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A red and green overlay white glass snuff bottle A sandwiched glass snuff bottle with splashed
Yangzhou School, 1800-1850 and swirled decoration
Well-hollowed, of compressed spherical form with a waisted neck, flat 1730-1780
lip, oval foot ring, delicately carved through thin layers of pale green Well-hollowed, the flattened baluster-shaped bottle with a waisted neck,
and cinnabar lacquer-red overlays, presenting a cat being distracted flat lip, resting upon a carefully finished oval foot ring, the entire body
by two butterflies hovering above a garden with a blooming prunus splashed with swirling patches of bright yellow, red, and subtle blue,
tree, orchids, and rocks, the reverse decorated with a squirrel next to forming a striking contrast against a mostly dark brown background.
a melon borne on leafy tendrils, and basket of additional melons, the 2 1/8in (5.3cm) high
upper right carved with characters probably reading ‘zisun changshou’ $2,500 - 4,000
(longevity and prosperity to the son and grandson).
2 1/8in (5.4cm) high Provenance
$2,000 - 3,000 Sotheby’s, London, 13 October 1987, lot 26
Eric Young collection
Provenance Sotheby’s New York, 25 June, 1982, lot 5
JWA Intl., Chicago Convention, 1989 Bob C. Stevens

Exhibited Literature
Norton Museum of Art, September-November 1997 PChinese Snuff Bottles and Dishes, An Exhibition of Chinese Snuff
Bottles from the Bob C. Stevens Collection, Mikimoto Co., Ltd, 1978,
揚州工白地套雙色料瓜蝶連綿子孫長壽鼻煙壺 p. 26, no 23

Exhibited
Mikimoto Hall, Tokyo, October 1978

攪色料胎鼻煙壺

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