Lot Essay
The three fruits, peach, pomegranate and finger citron represent the sanduo ('three plenties'), the three desires that are dear to the Chinese heart.
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1750-1850
Details
A BLUE-OVERLAY MILKY-WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1850
The transparent blue glass overlay is cut through to the translucent milky-white ground on each side with a leafing branch bearing a peach, pomegranate and citron (sanduo) below a bat.
3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) high, tourmaline stopper
1750-1850
The transparent blue glass overlay is cut through to the translucent milky-white ground on each side with a leafing branch bearing a peach, pomegranate and citron (sanduo) below a bat.
3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) high, tourmaline stopper
Provenance
The Montclair Museum, New Jersey.
Vanessa F. Holden Collection, New York, 1996.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2034.
Vanessa F. Holden Collection, New York, 1996.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2034.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Brought to you by
Andrew Lick