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A GREEN-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE A FAMILLE ROSE MOLDED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1840 JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1870

The bottle is carved through the apple-green overlay, which is The sides are molded in high relief with fower-flled vases and
streaked with subtle red markings, to the translucent white ground on jardiniPres raised on stands amidst various fruits and ‘antiques’, and
one side with a cricket perched on millet plants, and on the other side mask and ring handles are molded on the shoulders. An apocryphal
with a praying mantis on similar foliage. Qianlong mark is on the base.
2¿ in. (5.3 cm.) high, glass stopper 2√ in. (7.3 cm.) high, jadeite stopper

$2,500-3,500 $1,500-2,500

PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:

John Catlin, California. Gaasch Family Collection, no. 27.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2011. Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5069.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5163.
1820-1870年 模印粉彩博古圖鼻煙壺

1760-1840年 涅白地套綠玻璃草蟲圖鼻煙壺

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