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A BLUE OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

Probably Yangzhou Seal School, 大概扬州派 1800–1850

Clear blue glass overlay on milky-white ground, of tall and slender form with a cylindrical neck and recessed foot, carved on both sides with orchids and tall grasses growing from rockwork.

Compare to a very similar example from the Rachelle R. Holden collection published in Rachelle R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far from the World: The Rachelle R. Holden Collection (1994), cat. no. 21, and another in Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of John Ault (London: 1990), cat. no. 44.

H: 7.4 cm

Provenance 起源: Linda F. Crawley

Published 发布: Asiantiques, A Fascination for Miniatures: The Linda F. Crawley Collection of Chinese Snuff (2008), cat. no. 42

Ref. 042-L0564

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A BLUE OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

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