THREE OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
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THREE OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES

1780-1900

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THREE OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
1780-1900
The first, 1789-1860, is carved through the opaque black glass to the pink ground with ritual bronzes. The second, 1800-1900, is carved through the opaque cinnabar-colored overlay to the semi-translucent pale-green ground with censers. The third, 1780-1880, is carved through the opaque yellow glass to the transparent amber glass and is molded on the interior of the neck with vertical bands.
2 1/8, 2 ½ and 2 ¼ in. (5.3, 6.3 and 5.7 cm.) high, jadeite and glass stoppers
Provenance
First bottle: Dennis G. Crow, Los Angeles, California 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1234.
Second bottle: Jin Hing & Co., Los Angeles, California, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1647.
Third bottle: Marian Meyer Collection.
The Crane Collection.
Clare Lawrence Ltd., London, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1617.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

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