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A DUAL-OVERLAY GLASS ‘EIGHT HORSES OF MUWANG’
SNUFF BOTTLE
1820-1880
The milky-white bottle of compressed globular profile, with a
cylindrical neck, flat lip, slightly tapered and carefully finished oval
foot ring, skillfully carved through the dual overlay of ochre and black
with the eight horses sensitively rendered in various poses either
on a grassland or supported by overhanging rocky platforms, and
separated by two gnarled pine trees at the narrow sides.
2 5/8in (6.7cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000

Provenance
J. W. A. International, Inc., Oriental Fine Arts, Florida, 31st October
1986

1820-1880年 涅白地套褐黑雙色料穆王八駿圖鼻煙壺

6023
A ‘TORTOISESHELL’ GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1730-1850
Of tapering ovoid form, set on a flat oval foot, with a cylindrical neck,
neatly finished flat lip, with striking dark brown dappling and striation
sandwiched between two layers of variegated, transparent golden
brown glass resembling tortoiseshell.
2in (5.1cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500

Provenance
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company (Hong Kong) Ltd., 4th November
1990

1730-1850年 玻璃仿玳瑁攪色鼻煙壺

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