TWO OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
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TWO OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES

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
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.
Exhibited
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008 (red overlay bottle).
Special notice
Items which contain rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not be imported into the U.S. As a convenience to our bidders, we have marked these lots with Y. Please be advised that a purchaser¹s inability to import any such item into the U.S. or any other country shall not constitute grounds for non-payment or cancellation of the sale. With respect to items that contain any other types of gemstones originating in Burma (e.g., sapphires), such items may be imported into the U.S., 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).
Sale room notice
Items which are made of, or contain, rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not be imported into the U.S. As a convenience to our bidders, lots which contain rubies or jadeite of Burmese origin or of indeterminate origin have been marked with ?.

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