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A BLUE-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1850
The bottle is carved through the opaque blue-glass overlay to the
semi-transparent white ground with two bats and peaches.
2q in. (6.4 cm.) high, tourmaline stopper
$2,400-3,400

PROVENANCE

Robert Hall, London, 1995.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1859.

EXHIBITED

Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Convention, The Barron
Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
䍆⥶㍩邘蔶∇◙㌒⥘聖㌉

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A CARVED ROOT AMBER GOURD-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1860
The fluted gourd of opaque and translucent material carved in relief
with vines, a leaf and a butterfly with inlaid green eyes.
2º in. (5.7 cm.) high, malachite stopper
$1,200-1,800

PROVENANCE

The Collection of Edith Griswold.
Sotheby’s New York, 1 June 1994, lot 682.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1212.
䍆蘨⅜戶≌螂聖㌉

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