A LARGE RED-OVERLAY GLASS 'DRAGON' SNUFF BOTTLE
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A LARGE RED-OVERLAY GLASS 'DRAGON' SNUFF BOTTLE

1760-1860

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A LARGE RED-OVERLAY GLASS 'DRAGON' SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1860
The ovoid bottle is carved through the translucent ruby-red glass to the clear glass ground with a sinuous three-clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl around the sides.
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high, jasper stopper
Provenance
Robert C. Eldred Co., East Dennis, Massachusetts, 8 August 1993, lot 63.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 815.
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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