Sale 11786
New York
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16 March 2016
Price realised
USD 2,500
Estimate
A WHITE AND BLACK-OVERLAY GLASS JAR-SHAPED SNUFF BOTTLE 1810-1880 The bottle is carved through the opaque black and white overlay to the opaque white ground in the shape of a wine jar with woven handles and bands, the body decorated with birds and a blossoming prunus tree, beneath a pendent leaf band on the neck. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Robert Kleiner, London, 2008. Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4731.
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