A blue glass overlay snuff bottle  1750-1850
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Property from the Alan E Feen Collection
A blue glass overlay snuff bottle
1750-1850
Of elegant flattened pear shape, with slightly concave narrow lip, wide mouth and carved floral medallion on a small oval foot, the blue overlay delicately carved to the white 'snowflake' body with blossoming plum branches housing slender birds flanked by mock lion ring handles.
2 3/4in (7.4cm) high
Sold for US$ 6,875 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Purchased:
    Ashkenazie and Company, San Francisco, December, 1987

    Published:
    Spirit -- Southwest Airlines Magazine, July, 1988

Category: Asian Art


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