22 Mar 2011
10:00 EDT
New York
The Linda Riddell Hoffman Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles
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The Linda Riddell Hoffman Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles
Back to auction 19263
A carved overlay 'realgar' glass snuff bottle
1760-1850
With a slightly concave lip and recessed flat foot surrounded by a flattened oval footrim, carved as a single overlay through the predominantly orange-red layer, with Liu Hai and the three-legged toad together with another immortal holding a lotus and cash on one main side, with the Hehe Erxian twins on the reverse, the glass of a rich variegated orange and red tone, stopper.
2¼in (5.8cm) high (2).
With a slightly concave lip and recessed flat foot surrounded by a flattened oval footrim, carved as a single overlay through the predominantly orange-red layer, with Liu Hai and the three-legged toad together with another immortal holding a lotus and cash on one main side, with the Hehe Erxian twins on the reverse, the glass of a rich variegated orange and red tone, stopper.
2¼in (5.8cm) high (2).
Sold for
US$ 6,100
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 雄黃玻璃雕神仙圖鼻煙壺
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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