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1760-1860
Details
A LARGE RED-OVERLAY GLASS 'DRAGON' SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1860
The ovoid bottle is carved through the translucent ruby-red glass to the clear glass ground with a sinuous three-clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl around the sides.
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high, jasper stopper
1760-1860
The ovoid bottle is carved through the translucent ruby-red glass to the clear glass ground with a sinuous three-clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl around the sides.
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high, jasper stopper
Provenance
Robert C. Eldred Co., East Dennis, Massachusetts, 8 August 1993, lot 63.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 815.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 815.
Exhibited
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.