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1770-1860
Details
A RED-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1770-1860
The transparent, deep ruby-red overlay is carved to the opaque white ground with a sinuous four-clawed dragon striding towards a flaming pearl.
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high, glass stopper
1770-1860
The transparent, deep ruby-red overlay is carved to the opaque white ground with a sinuous four-clawed dragon striding towards a flaming pearl.
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Dennis G. Crow, Los Angeles, California, 1995.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1760.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1760.
Literature
Symposium on Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Carl F. Barron, Presented at the Annual Convention of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Association, Boston, privately printed, 2008, p. 22.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Brought to you by
Andrew Lick