1770-1850

Details

A WHITE-OVERLAY PINK GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1770-1850
The bottle is carved through the milky-white overlay to the opaque pink ground with the Eight Buddhist Emblems (bajixiang) tied with ribbons.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, shell stopper

Provenance

Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2001.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3302.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

The color combination of pink and white creates a dramatic palette which would seem "like a marriage made in heaven for any carver of glass overlays," as discussed by Moss, Graham, Tsang, in A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, the Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 5, Part 3, Hong Kong, 2002, p. 607.

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