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IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1730-1800
Details
A BLUE-OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1730-1800
The transparent overlay is carved to the bubble-suffused ground with two large dragons with coiled bodies, one with a single-horn, the other with a beak, as well as a third smaller dragon. The tail of the beaked dragon forming the foot ring.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, tourmaline stopper
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1730-1800
The transparent overlay is carved to the bubble-suffused ground with two large dragons with coiled bodies, one with a single-horn, the other with a beak, as well as a third smaller dragon. The tail of the beaked dragon forming the foot ring.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, tourmaline stopper
Provenance
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2006.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3040.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3040.
Exhibited
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.