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1750-1850
Details
A CINNABAR-RED-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1850
The bottle is carved on either side with a finely-detailed five-clawed dragon pursuing a flaming pearl, one dragon rising above the waves and the other thrashing in the surf.
2 1⁄4 in. (5.6 cm.) high, tiger's eye stopper
1750-1850
The bottle is carved on either side with a finely-detailed five-clawed dragon pursuing a flaming pearl, one dragon rising above the waves and the other thrashing in the surf.
2 1⁄4 in. (5.6 cm.) high, tiger's eye stopper
Provenance
Bob C. Stevens Collection, no. 197.
The Bob C. Stevens Collection of Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, Part II; Sotheby’s New York, 26 March 1982, lot 7.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
The Bob C. Stevens Collection of Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, Part II; Sotheby’s New York, 26 March 1982, lot 7.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Literature
B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no. 197.
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 34-35, no. 6.
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 34-35, no. 6.
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