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YANGZHOU, 1830-1890
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A RUBY-PINK-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
YANGZHOU, 1830-1890
One side is carved through the ruby-pink overlay to the opaque white ground with Shoulao and a boy squatting beside a basket containing a large peach, and on the reverse with Luxing, the God of Rank, a deer at his feet and a boy holding a vase behind, all below a four-character inscription, fan chang bai lu ('may you have prosperity and a hundred blessings').
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, glass stopper
YANGZHOU, 1830-1890
One side is carved through the ruby-pink overlay to the opaque white ground with Shoulao and a boy squatting beside a basket containing a large peach, and on the reverse with Luxing, the God of Rank, a deer at his feet and a boy holding a vase behind, all below a four-character inscription, fan chang bai lu ('may you have prosperity and a hundred blessings').
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
John F. Ruckman Collection, Pennsylvania.
Charles V. Swain Collection, Pennsylvania.
Robert Hall, London, 2009.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5239.
Charles V. Swain Collection, Pennsylvania.
Robert Hall, London, 2009.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5239.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.