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A CARVED RUBY-RED GLASS ‘BUTTERFLY AND A YELLOW GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
PEONY’ SNUFF BOTTLE IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, QING DYNASTY, 1700-1850
QING DYNASTY, 1760-1860 The bottle with a flat lip and oval foot ring is of a deep, egg-yolk
The transparent ruby-red bottle is carved in relief on either side yellow colour. Together with a yellow glass snuff dish.
with a butterfly hovering above a blossoming peony. Together Bottle: 2 7 in. (7.1 cm.) high, glass stopper;
with a ruby-red glass snuff dish. Dish: 1 4 in. (3.6 cm.) diam. (2)
Bottle: 2 3 in. (5.9 cm.) high, mother-of-pearl stopper;
Dish: 1Ω in. (3.7 cm.) long (2) HK$30,000-50,000 US$3,900-6,400
PROVENANCE
HK$10,000-20,000 US$1,300-2,600 Bottle: Kay Blair Collection (1916-1985), Princeton, New Jersey,
PROVENANCE acquired in London, 1960s, and thence by descent
Bottle: Sold at Christie’s London, 16 February 1970, lot 37 Sold at Christie’s New York, 21 March 2014, lot 2437 (one of two)
Dish: Ching Wah Lee, San Francisco, 1960s by repute
The Wilson Collection, Sotheby's New York, 23 March 1998, lot
272 (part) 清 1700-1850 年 御製黃玻璃鼻煙壺
（連黃玻璃鼻煙碟）
清 1760-1860 年 透明紅玻璃雕蝶戀花鼻煙壺 來源
（連透明紅玻璃鼻煙碟） 壺：Kay Blair (1916-1985) 珍藏，新澤西州，1960 年代購於英
國，之後於家族中流傳
來源 紐約佳士得，2014 年 3 月 21 日，拍品 2437 號（其中之一）
壺：倫敦佳士得，1970 年 2 月 16 日，拍品 37 號
碟：Ching Wah Lee，三藩市，1960 年代（傳）
Wilson 珍藏，紐約蘇富比，1998 年 3 月 23 日，拍品 272 號（部
分）
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