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1780-1850
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A VERY RARE ENAMELED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1850
The oval bottle is decorated on one side with a scene of a boy riding a buffalo while playing the flute, the reverse is decorated with geese in flight above water and flowering trees. The narrow sides are carved with inset panels that have enameled poetic inscriptions referring to the scenes. The base is incised with a three-character Biyaxuan mark ('Hall of Elegant Emerald Green'). The neck is embellished with a silver mount.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high, jadeite stopper
1780-1850
The oval bottle is decorated on one side with a scene of a boy riding a buffalo while playing the flute, the reverse is decorated with geese in flight above water and flowering trees. The narrow sides are carved with inset panels that have enameled poetic inscriptions referring to the scenes. The base is incised with a three-character Biyaxuan mark ('Hall of Elegant Emerald Green'). The neck is embellished with a silver mount.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high, jadeite stopper
Provenance
Robert Hall, London, 2004.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4674.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4674.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.