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A RARE RED-OVERLAY GLASS PEAR- A SLENDER RED-OVERLAY GLASS AN UNUSUAL BLACK-OVERLAY GLASS
SHAPED SNUFF BOTTLE SNUFF BOTTLE ‘SHOU’ CHARACTER SNUFF BOTTLE
Qianlong 1750-1800 1820-1880, Yangzhou School
With tall straight neck and neatly finished Of elongated tear-drop form, the translucent The clear body overlaid on each side with
footrim, decorated to one side with Huang milk-white body overlaid in clear red with stylised shou characters, supported on a
Chengyan astride a donkey, followed by butterflies amidst sprays of blossoming black overlay footrim, stopper.
an attendant on a pine-strewn path, the prunus, resting on a red footrim, stopper. 5cm. (2in) high. (2).
reverse with a sage crossing a bridge before 7.9cm. (3.1/8in) high. (2).
bamboo, attended by a boy carrying a qin, £1,500 - 2,000
stopper. £2,000 - 3,000 HK$15,000 - 20,000
6cm (2.3/8in) high. (2). HK$20,000 - 29,000 CNY13,000 - 18,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
£2,500 - 4,000 Provenance
HK$24,000 - 39,000 Provenance Sotheby’s, Billingshurst, U.K., 25th June
CNY22,000 - 35,000 Clare Lawrence Ltd., London, 26th March 1991, Lot 255
1997
Provenance A Private Collection
Clare Lawrence Ltd., London
Sotheby’s New York, 25th October 1997,
Lot 30
The Gerry P. Mack Collection

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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