AN OCHRE-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
This lot is offered without reserve.
AN OCHRE-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

1780-1850

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AN OCHRE-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1850
The bottle is carved through the ochre overlay to the opaque white ground with a continuous scene of a carp exhaling vapor that forms clouds which support a pavilion, and a crane in flight grasping a tally in its beak above a rocky outcrop, all above formalized waves.
3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high, shell stopper
Provenance
Sara Jo and Arthur Kobacker Collection.
Robert Hall, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5129.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

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