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1780-1860
Details
TWO OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
1780-1860
Each is of clear bubble-suffused glass, the first is carved through the transparent pale blue overlay with shou characters and shou medallions, the second is carved through the transparent red overlay with two different scenes of a cat looking at a butterfly.
2 ½ and 2 1/8 (6.3 and 5.5 cm.) high, glass stoppers
1780-1860
Each is of clear bubble-suffused glass, the first is carved through the transparent pale blue overlay with shou characters and shou medallions, the second is carved through the transparent red overlay with two different scenes of a cat looking at a butterfly.
2 ½ and 2 1/8 (6.3 and 5.5 cm.) high, glass stoppers
Provenance
First bottle: Y. F. Yang, Hong Kong.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5420.
Second bottle: Robert Kleiner, London, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5303.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5420.
Second bottle: Robert Kleiner, London, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5303.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.