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A BRIGHTLY-COLORED-CANE-INCLUSION CLEAR GLASS
SNUFF BOTTLE
1770-1830
Of rounded square shape, the clear glass with wispy swirling misty-
white vaporous markings throughout the body and with brightly-
colored impressed glass-cane inclusions on each main face, a simple
flat oval foot and cylindrical neck.
2 3/8in (6.1cm) high, stopper
$1,500 - 2,500
1770-1830年 透明加彩玻璃鼻煙壺
For another example from the Marion Mayer Collection of a truncated
spade shape with similar cane-like inclusions, see Robert Hall, Chinese
Snuff Bottles II, London, 1989, p. 86, no. 66. See also Robert Kleiner,
Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary and George Bloch,
London, 1995, pp. 136-139, no’s. 72 and 73.
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