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A RED OVERLAY SNOWFLAKE GLASS ‘GOLDFISH’
SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1880
Of flattened pear shape, the short neck with a flat lip, the translucent
red layer carved on each side with two fan-tailed goldfish and aquatic
plants above a band of rolling waves, all supported on an oval foot
ring.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high

$2,500 - 4,000
1750-1880 年 雪霏地套紅料金玉滿堂紋鼻煙壺

Provenance:
Alice B. McReynolds Collection
Sotheby’s, Los Angeles, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the
collection of Alice B McReynolds, 31 October 1984, lot 63

Published:
Hugh M. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, London, 1971, p. 110-111, no.
211

來源：
Alice B. McReynolds 珍藏
洛杉磯蘇富比，1984年10月31日，拍品編號63
128 出版：
Hugh M. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China《中國鼻煙壺》，倫敦，1971年
出版，110-111頁，編號211

129
A CARNELIAN ‘BUTTERFLY’ SNUFF BOTTLE
1850-1940
The alternating red and white bands in the stone used to portray
overlapping butterflies, the mouth of the bottle positioned between the
tips of the wings to one end.
1 3/4in (4.5cm) long

$1,500 - 2,500
1850-1940年 紅白瑪瑙雕曡蝶式鼻煙壺

Provenance:
Alice B. McReynolds Collection
Sotheby’s, Los Angeles, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the
collection of Alice B McReynolds, 31 October 1984, lot 110

Published:
Hugh M. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, London, 1971, p. 88-89, no.
112

來源：
129 Alice B. McReynolds 珍藏
洛杉磯蘇富比，1984年10月31日，拍品編號110

出版：
Hugh M. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China《中國鼻煙壺》，倫敦，1971年
出版，88-89頁，編號112

The present example is likely a handling piece that was hollowed
and converted to a snuff bottle at a later date as evidenced by the
placement of the mouth.

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