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A RED-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS,
BEIJING, 1750-1830
The transparent red-overlay is carved through to the translucent,
slightly milky and bubble-sufused ground on either side with a
design of fve bats (wufu) encircling a shou medallion. Each narrow
side is decorated with a fower and C-scrolls.
2Ω in. (6.3 cm.) high, jadeite stopper
$5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 1999.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2891.
The auspicious symbolism of bats and shou (longevity) characters
is typical of a range of Court designs, and snuf bottles and
other works of art decorated with such motifs would frequently
be distributed by the Emperor as gifts. The bat (fu) and shou
medallion, together with the form of the bottle (ping) provides
the rebus fushou ping’an (“May you be blessed with good fortune,
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long life and peace”).
The inclusion of fve bats on each main side of the bottle is also
signifcant - fve bats represent the Five Blessings (a long life, riches,
health, love of virtue, and a natural death). They also form the rebus
wufu qingshou (“fve bats extend good wishes on one’s birthday”).
1750-1830年 白地套紅玻璃五福團壽紋鼻煙壺

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A SILHOUETTE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-1880
The pale greyish-white bottle is carved through dark russet
markings with two confronting roosters.
2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, glass stopper
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1999.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 2779.
1800-1880年 皮影瑪瑙公雞圖鼻煙壺

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