Lot 330
330
A RARE DARK BLUE-OVERLAY RUBY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
This lot is offered without reserve.
A RARE DARK BLUE-OVERLAY RUBY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

1800-1900

Details
A RARE DARK BLUE-OVERLAY RUBY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-1900
The bottle is carved through the transparent blue overlay to the clear ruby-colored glass bottle with a hawk on a rock on either narrow side.
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high, shell stopper
Provenance
Goldney Collection.
Robert Hall, London, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4984.
Literature
R. Hall, Irish Mist, Chinese Snuff Bottles XIV, London, 2009, p. 35, no. 48.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

The thin ‘flashed’ layer of red on the interior of this example is rare to find on overlay snuff bottles. A related bottle decorated with the same technique and colors, but with kui dragons, is illustrated in FranzArt, Chinese Art from the Hedda and Lutz Franz Collection, Hong Kong, 2011, p. 230, no. 1012.

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