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PROBABLY IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1760-1840
Details
A RED-OVERLAY CLEAR GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1760-1840
The bottle is carved through the transparent red glass overlay to the translucent 'snowflake' ground with five Buddhist lions playing amidst ribbons and brocade balls.
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high, stone stopper
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1760-1840
The bottle is carved through the transparent red glass overlay to the translucent 'snowflake' ground with five Buddhist lions playing amidst ribbons and brocade balls.
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high, stone stopper
Provenance
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1996.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2065.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2065.
Literature
Symposium on Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Carl F. Barron, Presented at the Annual Convention of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Association, Boston, privately printed 2008, p. 22.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Brought to you by
Margaret Gristina (葛曼琪)
Senior Specialist, VP