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1780-1900
Details
THREE GLASS OVERLAY SNUFF BOTTLES
1780-1900
The first, 1800-1860, is carved through the transparent red glass overlay to the transparent pale-blue 'snowflake' ground with a pomegranate, a peach, and a bat. The second, 1820-1900, is carved through the opaque black glass overlay to the clear glass ground with two fantailed fish. The third, 1780-1860, is carved through the opaque black glass overlay to the opaque turquoise ground with two chilong, the smaller clutching a branch of lingzhi.
2 ¼, 2 ¼, and 2 ¾ in. (5.7, 5.7 and 7 cm.) high, glass stoppers
1780-1900
The first, 1800-1860, is carved through the transparent red glass overlay to the transparent pale-blue 'snowflake' ground with a pomegranate, a peach, and a bat. The second, 1820-1900, is carved through the opaque black glass overlay to the clear glass ground with two fantailed fish. The third, 1780-1860, is carved through the opaque black glass overlay to the opaque turquoise ground with two chilong, the smaller clutching a branch of lingzhi.
2 ¼, 2 ¼, and 2 ¾ in. (5.7, 5.7 and 7 cm.) high, glass stoppers
Provenance
First and second bottles:
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, nos. 4963 and 3466.
Third bottle:
Robert Kleiner, London, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4971.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, nos. 4963 and 3466.
Third bottle:
Robert Kleiner, London, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4971.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Brought to you by
Margaret Gristina (葛曼琪)
Senior Specialist, VP