YANGZHOU SCHOOL, 1860-1890

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A BLUE-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
YANGZHOU SCHOOL, 1860-1890
The bottle is carved through semi-opaque blue overlay to the translucent white ground on one main side with a scene of a couple seated at a table while two boys play nearby, one boy holding a long staff. The other side is decorated with a medallion formed by an archaistic inscription taken from the poem “The Riverside Village” by the Tang poet Du Fu. Each narrow side has a delicate mask and ring handle.
2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high, jadeite stopper, mother-of-pearl finial

Provenance

Robert Kleiner, London, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4729.

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).

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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 ?.

Lot Essay

The inscription can be translated, “My wife draws lines on paper to make a chessboard; My son knocks a needle into a fishing hook,” and corresponds to the figural scene depicted on the other side of the bottle.

For a related red-overlay white glass snuff bottle with figural scene on one side and circular inscription on the other see lot 227.

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