14 août 2016
A six-color overlay white glass snuff bottle, 1780-1860
Lot 455. A six-color overlay white glass snuff bottle, 1780-1860. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.
The bottle is carved through the overlays to the semi-translucent, milky-white ground on either side with a multicolored lotus plant, the flowers in ruby-red, lemon-yellow, sapphire-blue and opaque-pink, and with a bird carved from the turquoise-colored overlay. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance: Robert Kleiner, London, 2003.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3666.
Christie's. The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part III, 14 September 2016, New York, Rockefeller Plaza
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