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YANGZHOU, 1830-1890
Details
TWO OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
YANGZHOU, 1830-1890
The first is carved through the red and pink overlay to the opaque white ground on one side with a scene of Mi Fu bowing before a large rock below a three-character inscription reading bai shi tu ('bowing to the rock'), the reverse carved with two fish swimming in a pond, with millet and flowers growing amidst rocks in the foreground, the sides with mask-and-ring handles. The second is carved with a continuous scene that includes a figure crossing a bridge over a lotus pond with sampans in the distance below an inscription reading shi li he xiang ('ten li of lotus fragrance') on one side, and a house amidst pine and bamboo, as well as a seal reading jixiang ('auspiciousness') on the reverse.
2 3/8 and 2 1/8 in. (6 and 5.3 cm.) high, shell and glass stoppers
YANGZHOU, 1830-1890
The first is carved through the red and pink overlay to the opaque white ground on one side with a scene of Mi Fu bowing before a large rock below a three-character inscription reading bai shi tu ('bowing to the rock'), the reverse carved with two fish swimming in a pond, with millet and flowers growing amidst rocks in the foreground, the sides with mask-and-ring handles. The second is carved with a continuous scene that includes a figure crossing a bridge over a lotus pond with sampans in the distance below an inscription reading shi li he xiang ('ten li of lotus fragrance') on one side, and a house amidst pine and bamboo, as well as a seal reading jixiang ('auspiciousness') on the reverse.
2 3/8 and 2 1/8 in. (6 and 5.3 cm.) high, shell and glass stoppers
Provenance
First bottle: Sydney L. Moss Ltd, London, 1961-1970.
Bonham's London, 13 May 2010, lot 44 (part).
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2010.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5100.
Second bottle: Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 2010.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5030.
Bonham's London, 13 May 2010, lot 44 (part).
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2010.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5100.
Second bottle: Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 2010.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5030.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.