Lot Essay
For a very similar bottle see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, the Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 5, Part 2, Hong Kong, 2002, pp. 483-485, no. 901.
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1780-1860
Details
A RED-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS 'DOUBLE-GOURD' SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1860
The transparent ruby-red glass overlay is carved through to the milky-white ground with a continuous design of double-gourds growing on curling vines amongst flat, circular leaves, raised on three of the gourds forming the feet.
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high, glass stopper
1780-1860
The transparent ruby-red glass overlay is carved through to the milky-white ground with a continuous design of double-gourds growing on curling vines amongst flat, circular leaves, raised on three of the gourds forming the feet.
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1997.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2531.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2531.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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