A BROWN-STREAKED YELLOW-GREEN GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
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A BROWN-STREAKED YELLOW-GREEN GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

PROBABLY IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1720-1820

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A BROWN-STREAKED YELLOW-GREEN GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1720-1820
The baluster-form bottle is swirled with brownish markings that are twisted within the glass, with brown swirls, suggestive of calligraphic brush strokes.
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Robert Kleiner, London, 2003.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3764.
Exhibited
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

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