Lot Essay
For a similar pachyderm-form glass bottle see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, the Mary and George Bloch Collection, Volume 5, Part 2, Hong Kong, 2002, pp. 395-396, no. 856.
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PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1770-1850
Details
A CARVED WHITE GLASS ELEPHANT-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1770-1850
The opaque white glass is carved as a caparisoned elephant shown with its head turned, and with a ruyi-lappet collar below the neck.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, hardstone stopper
PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1770-1850
The opaque white glass is carved as a caparisoned elephant shown with its head turned, and with a ruyi-lappet collar below the neck.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, hardstone stopper
Provenance
Mrs. Edward Dane.
Skinner's, Boston, April 2008, lot 165
Robert Hall, London, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5180.
Skinner's, Boston, April 2008, lot 165
Robert Hall, London, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5180.
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