POSSIBLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, 1760-1850

Details

A RED-OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
POSSIBLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, 1760-1850
The transparent overlay is carved through to the translucent bubble-suffused ground with flowering begonia on one side and flowering peony on the reverse, each growing amidst rocks.
3 ½ in. (8.9 cm) high, jadeite stopper

Provenance

Robert Hall, London, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4931.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

For a discussion of the Master of the Rocks School of carving, see H. Moss, V. Graham, and K. B. Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 1, Jade, Hong Kong, 1995, nos. 133-43.

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