Lot Essay
For another cinnabar-red overlay white glass snuff bottle with bat motif, see The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection Part II, Christie’s New York, 16 March 2016, lot 479.
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1780-1860
Details
A CINNABAR-RED OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1860
The bottle is carved through the opaque overlay to the opaque white ground with a bat above lingzhi, the reverse with orchids.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, shell stopper
1780-1860
The bottle is carved through the opaque overlay to the opaque white ground with a bat above lingzhi, the reverse with orchids.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, shell stopper
Provenance
Robert Hall, London, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4776.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4776.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.