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A FACETED PALE BLUE-GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1720-1800
The transparent sky-blue bottle is carved on either side with
a slightly raised rectangular panel, surrounded by facets that
continue into the foot and neck.
1√ in. (4.8 cm.) high, original glass stopper
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2007.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 4604.
LITERATURE
Symposium on Chinese Snuf Bottles from the Collection of Carl F.
Barron, Presented at the Annual Convention of the International
Chinese Snuf Bottle Association, Boston, privately printed, 2008, p. 5.
1720-1800年 御製天藍玻璃磨花鼻煙壺
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A RED-OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE PROVENANCE
PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1740-1800 Edward T. Chow Collection; Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5 May 1994,
lot 1261.
The bottle is carved through the transparent red overlay to the Robert Hall, London, 1998.
slightly opaque, bubble-sufused ground with a continuous scene Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
of waves crashing against rocks on the narrow sides, with a pavilion ashing against rocks on the narrow sides, with a pavilion n no. 2708.o. 2708.
on one side, a ruyi head on the reverse, and cranes in fight above.e, a ruyi head on the reverse, and cranes in fight above.
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1740-1800年 透明地套紅玻璃海屋添籌圖鼻煙壺740-1800年年 透明地套紅玻璃海屋添籌圖鼻煙壺740 1800
2¿ in. (5.3 cm.) high, jadeite stoppercm.) high, jadeite stopper
$3,000-5,000000

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