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1800-1880
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THREE OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
1800-1880
The first bottle is of opaque white glass with the red transparent overlay forming peach and pomegranate-form panels enclosing fish. The second is carved through the transparent blue glass overlay to the clear 'snowflake' glass ground with blossoming prunus trees. The third is a semi-transparent greenish-yellow glass bottle with black overlay carved on each side with flowering tree peony, a phoenix perched on one.
2 ¼, 2 ½ and 2 5/8 in. (5.7, 6.3 and 6.6 cm.) high, stone and glass stoppers
1800-1880
The first bottle is of opaque white glass with the red transparent overlay forming peach and pomegranate-form panels enclosing fish. The second is carved through the transparent blue glass overlay to the clear 'snowflake' glass ground with blossoming prunus trees. The third is a semi-transparent greenish-yellow glass bottle with black overlay carved on each side with flowering tree peony, a phoenix perched on one.
2 ¼, 2 ½ and 2 5/8 in. (5.7, 6.3 and 6.6 cm.) high, stone and glass stoppers
Provenance
First bottle:
Robert Kleiner, London, 2006
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4302.
Second and third bottles:
Robert Hall, London, 2005 and 2007.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, nos. 4279 and 4695.
Robert Kleiner, London, 2006
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4302.
Second and third bottles:
Robert Hall, London, 2005 and 2007.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, nos. 4279 and 4695.
Exhibited
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Brought to you by
Margaret Gristina (葛曼琪)
Senior Specialist, VP