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PROBABLY IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1760-1840
Details
A RED-OVERLAY CLEAR GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1760-1840
The bottle is carved through the transparent red glass overlay to the bubble-suffused clear ground on both sides with medallions, one containing a scene of a boy riding a water buffalo, the other a fisherman and traveler beneath a large pine tree, all between mask and ring handles on the narrow sides.
2 ½ in. (6.3 cm.) high, glass stopper
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1760-1840
The bottle is carved through the transparent red glass overlay to the bubble-suffused clear ground on both sides with medallions, one containing a scene of a boy riding a water buffalo, the other a fisherman and traveler beneath a large pine tree, all between mask and ring handles on the narrow sides.
2 ½ in. (6.3 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1674.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1674.
Exhibited
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Brought to you by
Andrew Lick