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AN ENAMELED OPAQUE WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, YANGZHOU, 1775-1799
The tapering vase-shaped body is enameled around the sides with a scholar’s rock, various
‘antiques’, a ruyi scepter, and a fnger citron, all below a yellow ruyi and pendent bead border
at the neck.
2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, amethyst stopper with plastic fnial
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE:
Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1997.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2537.
The subject of ‘antiques’ is somewhat unusual for Yangzhou painted glass snuff bottles; fora and
fauna themes are more commonly found. For another unusual Yangzhou painted glass example also
decorated with ‘antiques’ and with a Guyue xuan mark, see R. Kleiner, The Nordic Butterfy Collection
of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Hong Kong, 2010, Part II, p. 140, no. 341.
1775-1799年 御製揚州作玻璃畫琺瑯博古圖鼻煙壺
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