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A RED-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS DOUBLE-GOURD-FORM SNUFF
290 BOTTLE
1750-1850
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The transparent ruby-red glass overlay is carved through to the
translucent white ground with a continuous design of double-gourds
growing on curling vines amongst fat, circular leaves, all linked by a
single vine in the waisted center. The foot is formed by three gourds.
2Ω in, (6.3 cm.) high, agate stopper

$1,800-2,400

PROVENANCE:

Robert Kleiner, London, 2005.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4267.

EXHIBITED:

Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The
Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.

For a similar example, with the addition of a red band around the center,
see R. Kleiner, The Mengxin Cradle of the Heart Collection of Chinese
Double-Gourd Snuff Bottles, Part I, Hong Kong, 2009, p. 32, no. 30.

1750-1850年 涅白地套紅玻璃「子孫萬代」鼻煙壺

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A ‘REALGAR’ GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1720-1780

The high-shouldered opaque bottle has mottled bright-red and
yellow markings and diagonal stripes on a deep-red ground.
2Ω in. (6.3 cm.), mother-of-pearl stopper

$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE:

Robert Kleiner, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5244.
1720-1780年 仿雄黃玻璃鼻煙壺