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PROBABLY IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1760-1840
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A GREEN-OVERLAY ORANGE-BROWN GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1760-1840
The translucent green overlay is carved through to the semi-translucent orange-brown ground with crabs clutching water weeds on lotus pads rising from the band of waves below.
2 in. (5 cm.) high, glass stopper
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1760-1840
The translucent green overlay is carved through to the semi-translucent orange-brown ground with crabs clutching water weeds on lotus pads rising from the band of waves below.
2 in. (5 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1999.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2781.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2781.
Literature
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles, 1999, no. 22.
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