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IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1730-1790
Details
A RUBY-RED OVERLAY BUBBLE-SUFFUSED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1730-1790
Of flattened, rounded form, very finely carved through the ruby-red overlay on either side with a pair of confronted archaistic kui-dragons framing a shou medallion, glass stopper
2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm.) high
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1730-1790
Of flattened, rounded form, very finely carved through the ruby-red overlay on either side with a pair of confronted archaistic kui-dragons framing a shou medallion, glass stopper
2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Vanessa Holden, December 1999.
Special notice
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