TWO RED-OVERLAY BUBBLE-SUFFUSED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
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TWO RED-OVERLAY BUBBLE-SUFFUSED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES

1770-1860

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TWO RED-OVERLAY BUBBLE-SUFFUSED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
1770-1860
The first, 1780-1860, is carved on both sides through the transparent red overlay to the bubble-suffused ground with a carp and with mask-and-ring handles on the narrow sides. The second, 1770-1860, is carved on each side through the transparent red overlay to the transparent pale-yellow ground with a carp swimming amidst water plants.
2 5/8 and 2 ¾ in. (6.7 and 7 cm.) high, glass and jadeite stoppers
Provenance
First bottle: Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4874.
Second bottle: Goldney Collection; Weller's Surrey, 23 March 2009.
Robert Hall, London, 2009.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5001.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

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