TWO CARVED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
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TWO CARVED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES

1736-1840

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TWO CARVED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
1736-1840
The red-overlay, bubble-suffused glass bottle, 1736-1800, is finely carved with a coiled carp below a string of bubbles. The blue-overlay clear glass bottle, attributed to Li Junting, probably Yangzhou, 1800-1840, is of flattened, rectangular form and carved on one side with Li Tieguai seated and leaning against his gourd from which emerges bats, while a crane supporting Shoulao flies overhead. The breast of the crane is subtly accented by an area of pale pink mottling. The reverse is carved with a crane perched on a rock formation and gazing towards an old man riding a mule and an attendant. A small oval seal above reads xianpin (work of immortal).
2 7/8 and 2½ in. (7.2 and 6.3 cm.) high, glass stopper, jadeite and silver stopper (2)
Provenance
Chas. O. Khrone (c. 1864-1917), Livingston, Montana.
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).

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