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A white overlay pink glass snuff bottle A red overlaid glass snuff bottle decorated with
Imperial, Palalce Workshops, Beijing 1750-1820 gourds and butterflies
The well-hollowed bottle of flattened baluster form with a wide mouth, Possibly Imperial, Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1780-1850
flat lip, finely finished splayed oval foot ring, the mottled pink ground Well-hollowed, the pear form bottle with a waisted neck, flat lip and
overlaid in white to the front and back with gentian flowers. foot, carved through the red overlay against a milky-white ground,
2 3/16in (5.5cm) depicting double-gourds borne on supple leafy vines, with two delicate
$3,000 - 4,000 butterflies hovering around.
2 1/8in (5.3cm) high
Provenance $2,000 - 3,000
The Asian Art Studio, Inc.
Bonhams, New York, 24 March 2010, lot 118 Provenance
Margaret Polak collection Eldred’s, 26 August 1993, lot 12
Johnny Tseng, February 2004
John Mengs 白地套紅料福祿高壽鼻煙壺

Exhibited
Flint Museum of Art, Holland, Michigan, 1970

粉地套白料龍膽花鼻煙壺

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