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A RED OVERLAY TRANSPARENT GLASS ‘ELEPHANT’
SNUFF BOTTLE
1770-1840
Formed from bubble suffused transparent glass cased in red
translucent glass, the casing carved to form a caparisoned elephant
with head turned back, supporting on its back a vase with a flat lip,
the feet of the elephant surrounding the rounded foot and providing
support.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high

$3,000 - 5,000
1770-1840年 透明地套紅料太平景象紋鼻煙壺

Provenance:
Mei Ling Collection
Sotheby’s, New York, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, from the Mei
Ling Collection, 15 March 1984, lot 49

來源：
Mei Ling 珍藏
紐約蘇富比，1984年3月15日，拍品編號49

A similar example is illustrated in Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka
Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George
Bloch Collection, vol. 5, Hong Kong, 2002, no. 971, and sold at
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 26 November 2013, lot 152

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