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YANGZHOU, 1840-1900
Details
TWO OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
YANGZHOU, 1840-1900
The first, 1850-1900, is carved through translucent brown overlay to the opaque white ground with a scholar's rock on one side and a chrysanthemum and pomegranate on the reverse, with mask-and-ring handles on the narrow sides and a seal above the foot. The second, 1840-1890, is carved through the opaque cinnabar-colored overlay to the opaque blue ground with 'The Eight Horses of Mu Wang' and an inscription reading ba jun tu (eight handsome horses), flanked by mask-and-ring handles.
2 ½ and 2 ¼ in. (6.3 and 5.7 cm.) high, quartz and agate stoppers
YANGZHOU, 1840-1900
The first, 1850-1900, is carved through translucent brown overlay to the opaque white ground with a scholar's rock on one side and a chrysanthemum and pomegranate on the reverse, with mask-and-ring handles on the narrow sides and a seal above the foot. The second, 1840-1890, is carved through the opaque cinnabar-colored overlay to the opaque blue ground with 'The Eight Horses of Mu Wang' and an inscription reading ba jun tu (eight handsome horses), flanked by mask-and-ring handles.
2 ½ and 2 ¼ in. (6.3 and 5.7 cm.) high, quartz and agate stoppers
Provenance
First bottle: Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3637.
Second bottle: Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4865.
Second bottle: Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4865.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.