Page 51 - The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part I

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A BLUE-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE A GREEN-OVERLAY CLEAR GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1730-1780 1740-1820

The bottle is carved through the sapphire-blue overlay to the white The bottle is carved through the transparent green overlay to the
ground on one side with a continuous scene depicting the sun rising bubble-suffused clear glass ground on one side with a frog peering
from waves below clouds, a bat suspending a peach and a crane out from behind a large lotus leaf, and on the other side with a large
grasping a tally in its beak. The other side is decorated with a large lotus pod.
pavilion surrounded by crashing waves. 2√ in. (7.2 cm.) high, glass stopper
3¿ in. (7.8 cm.) high, agate stopper
$1,800-2,400
$2,500-3,500
PROVENANCE:
PROVENANCE:
Robert Kleiner, London, 2003.
Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1996. Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3762.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2268.
1740-1820年 雪霏地套綠玻璃「清廉」圖鼻煙壺
1730-1780年 涅白地套藍玻璃「海屋添籌」圖鼻煙壺

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