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QING DYNASTY, 1760-1820
Details
A FIVE-COLOUR GLASS OVERLAY 'SHOU' CHARACTER SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, 1760-1820
The transparent red, yellow, blue, pink, and bluish-green glass overlay is skilfully carved through to the translucent bubble-suffused ground with a design of bats and lingzhi encircling a shou medallion.
2 1/3 in. (5.9 cm.) high, tourmaline stopper
QING DYNASTY, 1760-1820
The transparent red, yellow, blue, pink, and bluish-green glass overlay is skilfully carved through to the translucent bubble-suffused ground with a design of bats and lingzhi encircling a shou medallion.
2 1/3 in. (5.9 cm.) high, tourmaline stopper
Provenance
H. Johnson.
Sotheby's London, 11 March 1975, lot 77.
Drouot, Paris (Millon-Jutheau), 6 November 1983, lot 51.
Belfort Collection, 1986
Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part IV; Bonhams Hong Kong, 28 November 2011, lot 24.
Property from a Princely Collection.
Sotheby's London, 11 March 1975, lot 77.
Drouot, Paris (Millon-Jutheau), 6 November 1983, lot 51.
Belfort Collection, 1986
Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part IV; Bonhams Hong Kong, 28 November 2011, lot 24.
Property from a Princely Collection.
Literature
R. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong, 1987, no.100.
R. Kleiner, An exhibition of Chinese snuff bottles from the collection of Mary and George Bloch: at the Galleries of Sydney L. Moss, Ltd., London exhibition poster; October 1987.
Galeries Lafayette, Les Plus Belles Collections Privées de Hong-Kong, 1990, p. 12, no. 3.
Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 5, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 986.
R. Kleiner, An exhibition of Chinese snuff bottles from the collection of Mary and George Bloch: at the Galleries of Sydney L. Moss, Ltd., London exhibition poster; October 1987.
Galeries Lafayette, Les Plus Belles Collections Privées de Hong-Kong, 1990, p. 12, no. 3.
Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 5, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 986.
Exhibited
Toronto, Four Seasons Hotel, October 1983; later travelled to London, Sydney H. Moss., Ltd., An exhibition of Chinese snuff bottles from the collection of Mary and George Bloch, October 1987; Paris, Galeries Lafayette, Les Plus belles collections privées de Hong-Kong,April 1990; and Vienna Creditanstalt, Kleine Schätze aus China. Snuff bottles—Sammlung von Mary und George Bloch erstmals in Österreich, May-June 1993.
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