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1800-1900
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TWO OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
1800-1900
The first bottle, 1800-1860, is carved through the green overlay to the white ground with a dragon confronting a tortoise on one side and a phoenix confronting a qilin on the reverse. The second bottle, 1820-1900, is carved through the pink overlay to the white ground with a rabbit on one side and a frog on the other.
2 and 1 5/8 in. (5.1 and 4.2 cm.) high, composition and glass stoppers
1800-1900
The first bottle, 1800-1860, is carved through the green overlay to the white ground with a dragon confronting a tortoise on one side and a phoenix confronting a qilin on the reverse. The second bottle, 1820-1900, is carved through the pink overlay to the white ground with a rabbit on one side and a frog on the other.
2 and 1 5/8 in. (5.1 and 4.2 cm.) high, composition and glass stoppers
Provenance
First bottle: Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5401.
Second bottle: Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 6006.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5401.
Second bottle: Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 6006.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.