PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, QING DYNASTY, 1740-1800
Details
A RUBY-RED OVERLAY BEIGE GLASS ‘EGRET AND LOTUS’ SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, QING DYNASTY, 1740-1800
The bottle is carved through a red overlay with two egrets in a lotus pond with two raised bosses above, on a ground of swirled, pale beige glass. Together with a red overlay on colourless glass snuff dish.
Bottle: 2 ¼ in. (5.8 cm.) high, jadeite stopper;
Dish: 1 ½ in. (3.8 cm.) long (2)
PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, QING DYNASTY, 1740-1800
The bottle is carved through a red overlay with two egrets in a lotus pond with two raised bosses above, on a ground of swirled, pale beige glass. Together with a red overlay on colourless glass snuff dish.
Bottle: 2 ¼ in. (5.8 cm.) high, jadeite stopper;
Dish: 1 ½ in. (3.8 cm.) long (2)
Provenance
Bottle: The Kobacker Collection, Florida
Robert Hall, London, September 2011
Dish: Sold at Christie’s New York, 1 October 2008, lot 314 (one of nine)
Robert Hall, London, September 2011
Dish: Sold at Christie’s New York, 1 October 2008, lot 314 (one of nine)
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