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1780-1880
Details
TWO OVERLAY SUFFUSED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
1780-1880
The first bottle, 1800-1880, is carved through the transparent pink overlay to the bubble-suffused ground with a leaping carp on either side between mask and ring handles. The second bottle, 1780-1860, is carved through the transparent ruby-red overlay to the bubble-suffused ground with a continuous scene of a hawk perched on rocks between a pine tree and the moon amidst clouds.
2 7/16 and 2 5/16 in. (6.3 and 6 cm.) high, quartz and stone stoppers
1780-1880
The first bottle, 1800-1880, is carved through the transparent pink overlay to the bubble-suffused ground with a leaping carp on either side between mask and ring handles. The second bottle, 1780-1860, is carved through the transparent ruby-red overlay to the bubble-suffused ground with a continuous scene of a hawk perched on rocks between a pine tree and the moon amidst clouds.
2 7/16 and 2 5/16 in. (6.3 and 6 cm.) high, quartz and stone stoppers
Provenance
Robert Kleiner, London, 2003 and 2007.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, nos. 3774 and 4645.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, nos. 3774 and 4645.
Exhibited
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Brought to you by
Margaret Gristina (葛曼琪)
Senior Specialist, VP