A RED-OVERLAY BUBBLE-SUFFUSED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
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A RED-OVERLAY BUBBLE-SUFFUSED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

IMPERIAL, PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, 1750-1820

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A RED-OVERLAY BUBBLE-SUFFUSED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, 1750-1820
The transparent red overlay is carved to the transparent bubble-suffused ground with two chilong chasing a flaming pearl.
2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) high, shell stopper
Provenance
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 2003.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3776.
Exhibited
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
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This lot is offered without reserve.

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