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1780-1860
Details
AN OCHRE-OVERLAY BLUE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1860
The bottle is carved through the opaque overlay to the translucent sapphire-blue ground on one side with a crane beneath a pine tree and a spotted deer beneath a pine on the reverse.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, glass stopper
1780-1860
The bottle is carved through the opaque overlay to the translucent sapphire-blue ground on one side with a crane beneath a pine tree and a spotted deer beneath a pine on the reverse.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Berton Critoph, England.
Robert Hall, London, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4820.
Robert Hall, London, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4820.
Literature
R. Hall, The Boston Snuff Party, Chinese Snuff Bottles XIII, London, 2008, no. 25.
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