A RARE RED-SPLASHED AND OCHRE OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
This lot is offered without reserve.
A RARE RED-SPLASHED AND OCHRE OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

1789-1860

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A RARE RED-SPLASHED AND OCHRE OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1789-1860
The bottle of opaque swirling ochre and greyish-brown glass is carved in high relief with two blossoming prunus branches, some of the buds and blossoms boldly picked out in translucent red areas of the glass.
2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high, glass and metal stopper
Provenance
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1996.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2270.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

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