TWO GREEN OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
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TWO GREEN OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES

1800-1860

Details
TWO GREEN OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
1800-1860
The first bottle, 1800-1860, is of compressed globular form with semi-transparent green glass overlay on a milky ground, carved with two carp, the foot ring of transparent red tone. The second, 1800-1860, is of elongated cylindrical form with transparent green glass overlay on an opaque, milky white ground, carved with two cranes amidst flowering plants.
2 3/8 and 3 in. (6 and 7.6 cm.) high, glass and jadeite stoppers
Provenance
First bottle:
A. Klein Collection, California.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5223.
Second bottle:
Robert Kleiner, London, 2011
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5152.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve. 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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