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PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1760-1820
Details
A RED-OVERLAY CLEAR GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1760-1820
The transparent red overlay is carved through to the bubble-suffused ground on either side with a circular panel, one side with rocks emerging from waves below a bat, the other side with a similar composition with central leafy branch. The narrow sides are decorated with mask and ring handles.
2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high, glass stopper
PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1760-1820
The transparent red overlay is carved through to the bubble-suffused ground on either side with a circular panel, one side with rocks emerging from waves below a bat, the other side with a similar composition with central leafy branch. The narrow sides are decorated with mask and ring handles.
2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2006.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4340.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4340.
Exhibited
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.