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A blue overlay clear green glass ‘brocade’
snuff bottle
1750-1820

Well-hollowed, of flattened rounded form with sloping shoulders,

cylindrical neck, flat lip, rounded oval foot ring, the transparent pale

green bottle decorated with a single layer of blue overlay, finely carved

as if wrapped with a brocade cloth with flower-head diapers and tied

to one side with a trailing ribbon.

2 3/8in (6cm) high

$2,500 - 4,000

Provenance
The Asian Art Studio, Inc., 2009
from a private Bay Area collection

透明地套藍料包袱錦紋鼻煙壺

1058 1058
A blue overlaid white glass snuff bottle
1780-1850
Well-hollowed, of flattened rounded form with sloping shoulders,
waisted neck, flat lip, neatly finished oval foot ring, finely carved through
the overlay with a continuous scene depicting carps swimming through
carefully incised waves issuing lotus leaves and flowers with elegant
slender stems, with two dragonflies in flight, the bright blue overlay
creating a striking contrast to the milky-white ground.
2 3/8in (6cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000

Provenance
Arts of China, San Francisco Convention, October 1988

Exhibited
Norton Museum of Art, September-November, 1997

白地套藍料連年有餘鼻煙壺

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