A carved red glass snuff bottle, Imperial, Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1720-1780. Estimate $2,000 - $3,000 - Price Realized $2,750. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The bottle is carved on either side with a roundel, one with a hawk perched on a rock emerging from waves, the other with the moon rising from waves with a bat flying above, all set between mask and ring handles on the shoulders. 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high, jadeite stopper, wooden spoon

Provenance: Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1681.

Exhibited: Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.

Christie's. THE RUTH AND CARL BARRON COLLECTION OF FINE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES: PART I, 16 September 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza