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1800-1900
Details
A FIVE-COLOR-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-1900
The bottle is carved through the green, amber, ruby-red, black and pink overlays to the opaque white ground on one main side with a buffalo gazing up at the moon and clouds, and on the other side with a horse tethered to a pine tree, with a black monkey on each narrow side.
3 in. (7.7 cm.) high, amethyst stopper
1800-1900
The bottle is carved through the green, amber, ruby-red, black and pink overlays to the opaque white ground on one main side with a buffalo gazing up at the moon and clouds, and on the other side with a horse tethered to a pine tree, with a black monkey on each narrow side.
3 in. (7.7 cm.) high, amethyst stopper
Provenance
The Chilcott Collection.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2010.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5099.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2010.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5099.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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Margaret Gristina (葛曼琪)
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