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A dark brown overlaid toffee glass snuff bottle A carved ‘realgar’ glass snuff bottle
Yangzhou School, dated 1821 or 1881 1750-1850
The rounded bottle on a delicate oval foot ring, its short, slightly Of high-shouldered tapering form with a gently waisted neck, flat lip,
waisted neck narrowing towards a subtly convex lip, skillfully carved oval foot ring, carved through the mottled red and yellow layer to the
through the dark brown overlay to one side with a blind old man mustard-yellow ground, one side featuring a man on a galloping horse
carrying instruments guided by a young boy via a stick, fronted by holding a hunting tool, with a hawk above, the other side portraying
a rooster, with a four-character inscription, the reverse depicting a cheerful boy under a ruyi-form cloud scroll, all picked out against a
a bearded man with a dog and a food basket, dated xinsi er yue mountainous setting with a plant rendered in green overlay.
(February 1821, or 1881), with a collector’s seal mark reading Li, both 2 3/8in (6cm) high
of the narrow sides decorated with an archaic ‘bronze’ jue vessel. $1,500 - 2,000
1 15/16in (4.9cm) high
$1,500 - 2,000 Provenance
Asiantiques, acquired March 2002
Provenance
Robert Kleiner, acquired August 2004 7167
A glass snuff bottle with red overlaid carp
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A red overlaid ‘double-gourd’ glass snuff bottle 1750-1850
1780-1850, possibly from the Palace Workshops, Beijing Of flattened pear form with a waisted neck, wide mouth, supported by
The milky white bottle applied with ruby-red overlay of varied a finely finished oval foot ring, the bottle of a misty green opalescent
thickness, carved with lively trailing leafy vines bearing additional tone with tiny bubbles and creamy white swirls resembling the
double-gourds. condition of a pond, with a well carved carp and waterweed to either
2 7/8in (7cm) high side rendered with red overlay work.
$2,500 - 3,500 2 1/2in (6.4cm) high
$1,500 - 2,000
Provenance
Dennis Crow, ICSBS Vancouver Convention, acquired September 1992 Provenance
Asian Art Studio, Inc., ICSBS Singapore Convention, acquired
October 2002
Isabel Torbert
Dorothy Brink Torbert

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