Lot Essay
Compare a very similarly carved white-glass bottle illustrated by Moss, Graham, Tsang in A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 5, pp. 392-3, no. 854.
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PROBABLY IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1780-1860
Details
A CARVED OPAQUE WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1780-1860
One side is carved with peony, the other with begonia and the narrow sides with pine trees, all growing from a rocky ground.
2 ½ in. (6.3 cm.) high, quartz stopper
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1780-1860
One side is carved with peony, the other with begonia and the narrow sides with pine trees, all growing from a rocky ground.
2 ½ in. (6.3 cm.) high, quartz stopper
Provenance
Antique House, Inc., 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1692.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1692.
Exhibited
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Brought to you by
Andrew Lick