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1770-1850
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TWO OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
1770-1850
The first, 1770-1840, is a red-overlay bottle carved through to the bubble-suffused ground on one side with a carp emitting vapor from its mouth as it emerges from the lower wave border, opposite a pagoda-like structure on the reverse. The second, 1780-1850, is a green-overlay bottle carved through to the caramel-tone ground with a continuous design of a praying mantis on each main side, each insect perched on a pea pod amidst scrolling vines.
2 ½ and 2 in. (6.3 and 5 cm.) high, plastic and jadeite stoppers
1770-1850
The first, 1770-1840, is a red-overlay bottle carved through to the bubble-suffused ground on one side with a carp emitting vapor from its mouth as it emerges from the lower wave border, opposite a pagoda-like structure on the reverse. The second, 1780-1850, is a green-overlay bottle carved through to the caramel-tone ground with a continuous design of a praying mantis on each main side, each insect perched on a pea pod amidst scrolling vines.
2 ½ and 2 in. (6.3 and 5 cm.) high, plastic and jadeite stoppers
Provenance
Red-overlay bottle: Robert Kleiner, London, 2006.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4298.
Green-overlay bottle: Robert Kleiner, London, 2005.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4265.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4298.
Green-overlay bottle: Robert Kleiner, London, 2005.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4265.
Exhibited
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008 (red overlay bottle).
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provided that the gemstones have been mounted or incorporated into jewellery
outside of Burma and provided that the setting is not of a temporary nature
(e.g., a string).
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