1760-1860

Details

A BLUE-OVERLAY WHITE AND PINK GLASS PEACH-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1860
The bottle is carved through the blue glass to form a leafy stem and a bat encircling the mouth, and the body is of opaque milky-white and pink 'soufflé' glass giving the impression of a ripe peach.
2 in. (5 cm.) high, glass stopper

Provenance

Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 2000.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3020.

Exhibited

Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

A similar peach 'soufflé' glass bottle is illustrated and discussed by Moss, Graham, Tsang in A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 5, Part 3, Hong Kong, 2002, p. 973, no. 973.

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