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IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1780-1840
Details
A GREEN AND PINK-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1780-1840
The bottle is deeply carved through the opaque sage-green and pink outer layers to the opaque white ground with a figure riding a donkey approaching a pavilion on one side, and on the reverse with two men playing go while a third observes, the scene framed by a pine tree and bamboo, all below a band of pendent leaves on the neck.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high, metal stopper
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1780-1840
The bottle is deeply carved through the opaque sage-green and pink outer layers to the opaque white ground with a figure riding a donkey approaching a pavilion on one side, and on the reverse with two men playing go while a third observes, the scene framed by a pine tree and bamboo, all below a band of pendent leaves on the neck.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high, metal stopper
Provenance
Joseph Neumann.
Robert Hall, London, 1999.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2887.
Robert Hall, London, 1999.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2887.
Literature
R. Hall, Chinese Whispers, Chinese Snuff Bottles IX, London, 1999, no. 47.
Exhibited
Corning, New York, Corning Museum of Glass, 2007-2008.
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
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