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                              A SIX-COLOR OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
                              1780-1860
                                 The bottle is carved through the overlays to the semi-translucent, milky-white ground on
                                 either side with a multicolored lotus plant, the flowers in ruby-red, lemon-yellow, sapphire-
                                 blue and opaque-pink, and with a bird carved from the turquoise-colored overlay.
                                 2¬ in. (6.7 cm.) high, glass stopper
                                 $6,000-8,000

                                              PROVENANCE

                                 Robert Kleiner, London, 2003.
                                 Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3666.
                              䍆邘⥶㍩ᢘ蔶∇聖㌉

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