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1730-1780
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A RARE AND FINELY CARVED RED-OVERLAY CLEAR GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1730-1780
Of pear shape with flat lip, finely carved through the red layers to the bubble-suffused clear glass ground with cranes and a kingfisher amidst a lush waterscape growing profusely with lotus, saggitaria and reeds, the flat foot surrounded by elaborately carved waves, jadeite stopper
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high
1730-1780
Of pear shape with flat lip, finely carved through the red layers to the bubble-suffused clear glass ground with cranes and a kingfisher amidst a lush waterscape growing profusely with lotus, saggitaria and reeds, the flat foot surrounded by elaborately carved waves, jadeite stopper
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high
Provenance
Yung Feng Arts & Crafts Co., Hong Kong, 30 June 1977.
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outside of Burma and provided that the setting is not of a temporary nature
(e.g., a string).
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