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YANGZHOU, 1830-1890
Details
A BLUE-OVERLAY RED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
YANGZHOU, 1830-1890
The bottle has transparent light-blue overlay carved through to the clear red glass ground with eight orchid blossoms and two butterflies, and is raised on a blue glass foot ring.
2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high, jadeite stopper
YANGZHOU, 1830-1890
The bottle has transparent light-blue overlay carved through to the clear red glass ground with eight orchid blossoms and two butterflies, and is raised on a blue glass foot ring.
2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high, jadeite stopper
Provenance
Dennis G. Crow, Los Angeles, California 1993.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 509.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 509.
Literature
Symposium on Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Carl F. Barron, Presented at the Annual Convention of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Association, Boston, privately printed, 2008, p. 12.
Exhibited
Corning, New York, Corning Museum of Glass, 2007-2008.
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.