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1780-1860
Details
A RED-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1860
The bottle is carved through the red overlay to the opaque white ground with the 'Three Friends of Winter', bamboo, prunus and pine, growing amidst rocks, and a bat, bird and butterflies in flight.
2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high, glass stopper
1780-1860
The bottle is carved through the red overlay to the opaque white ground with the 'Three Friends of Winter', bamboo, prunus and pine, growing amidst rocks, and a bat, bird and butterflies in flight.
2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1997.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2527.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2527.
Exhibited
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.