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A polychrome enameled snuff bottle A fine ruby red glass snuff bottle
Qianlong mark, Republic period Imperial, Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1730-1770
Of octagonal form with slightly everted neck, flat mouth, tapering The rounded bottle rising to a cylindrical neck, flat lip, supported by a
foot ring, enameled with a scholar and attendant in a garden on one splayed oval foot ring, the front and reverse finely carved in relief with
side, the reverse with the poem Chuanjia Bao, all on a simulated yin-yang symbols separated by two faux lion mask-and-ring handles
puddingstone ground, the recessed foot bearing the four-character flanking the narrow sides.
mark in blue enamel. 2 1/8in (5.4cm) high
2 1/2in (6.3cm) high $2,000 - 3,000
$1,500 - 2,500
Provenance
Provenance The Asian Art Studio, Inc., 2007
Asian Art Studio, Inc. Susan Schneider
The Newman Page Collection

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A red overlaid glass snuff bottle
1780-1820
Of tapering cylindrical form, with a slightly waisted neck, flat lip,
circular foot ring, carved on a milky white ground through the applied
cranberry-red overlay depicting a gnarled prunus tree and bamboo
rising behind rocks near a lotus pond under a swooping bat.
2 7/8in (7.3cm) high
$1,500 - 2,000

Provenance
Michael Hughes LLC, ICSBS Singapore Convention, acquired
October 2002
Albert Pyke, Louisiana
Kay Reif Collection, Vancouver

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