Lot Essay
For a similar bottle see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, the Mary and George Bloch Collection, Volume 5, Part 3, Hong Kong, 2002, pp. 609-610, no. 970.
.jpg?w=1)
1800-1880
Details
A RARE WHITE-OVERLAY PINK GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-1880
The bottle is carved through the translucent white overlay to the semi-translucent pink ground with two similar scenes, one of two standing cranes and one of a crane in flight, below craggy pine and paulownia trees with lingzhi at the side.
2 ¼ in. (5.8 cm.) high, jadeite stopper
1800-1880
The bottle is carved through the translucent white overlay to the semi-translucent pink ground with two similar scenes, one of two standing cranes and one of a crane in flight, below craggy pine and paulownia trees with lingzhi at the side.
2 ¼ in. (5.8 cm.) high, jadeite stopper
Provenance
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1996.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2269.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2269.
Special notice
Items which contain rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not
be imported into the U.S. As a convenience to our bidders, we have marked
these lots with Y. Please be advised that a purchaser¹s inability to import
any such item into the U.S. or any other country shall not constitute
grounds for non-payment or cancellation of the sale.
With respect to items that contain any other types of gemstones originating
in Burma (e.g., sapphires), such items may be imported into the U.S.,
provided that the gemstones have been mounted or incorporated into jewellery
outside of Burma and provided that the setting is not of a temporary nature
(e.g., a string).
Brought to you by
Margaret Gristina