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Details
A RARE AND UNUSUAL YELLOW-OVERLAY BLACK GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
The cylindrical bottle tapering slightly to the rounded shoulder and short neck, finely carved through the lemon-yellow overlay with a continuous scene of a fisherman in a sampan casting his line towards a dragon-carp leaping from roiling waves, below an immortal holding a ruyi scepter standing on a cloud formation, another figure carrying a string of cash over one shoulder walking across large lotus leaves towards a scholar seated in a pavilion nestled amidst willow and pine trees, all below a crane and two bats in flight, coral stopper with jadeite finial
3¼ in. (8.5 cm.) high
The cylindrical bottle tapering slightly to the rounded shoulder and short neck, finely carved through the lemon-yellow overlay with a continuous scene of a fisherman in a sampan casting his line towards a dragon-carp leaping from roiling waves, below an immortal holding a ruyi scepter standing on a cloud formation, another figure carrying a string of cash over one shoulder walking across large lotus leaves towards a scholar seated in a pavilion nestled amidst willow and pine trees, all below a crane and two bats in flight, coral stopper with jadeite finial
3¼ in. (8.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. A. Stemple Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 11 October 1979, lot 24.
Alice B. McReynolds Collection; Sotheby's, Los Angeles, 31 October 1984, lot 53.
Sotheby's, New York, 27 June 1986, lot 257.
Alice B. McReynolds Collection; Sotheby's, Los Angeles, 31 October 1984, lot 53.
Sotheby's, New York, 27 June 1986, lot 257.
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