A BLUE-OVERLAY CLEAR GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
This lot is offered without reserve.
A BLUE-OVERLAY CLEAR GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

1770-1850

Details
A BLUE-OVERLAY CLEAR GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1770-1850
The bottle is carved through the translucent dark blue overlay to the clear ground with an image of Zhong Kui, The Demon Queller, on either side, flanked by mask-and-ring handles on the narrow sides and above the blue overlay foot ring.
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Robert Hall, London, 2002.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3417.
Exhibited
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

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