SNUFFBOX IN RED OVERLAY GLASS
19th century
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SNUFFBOX IN RED OVERLAY GLASS
19th century
A RED OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
19th century
Of pear shape, finely carved through layers of red overlay on a snowflake ground, with two ducks swimming amidst lotus ponds and millet on one side, the reverse with orchids issuing from rockwork, the lateral sides with applied ring-mask handles, stopper.
7cm (2 3/4in) high (2).
Footnotes:
十九世紀 透明地套紅料「連年有餘」鼻煙壺
Provenance:
A European private collection
來源:
歐洲私人收藏
The fish (yu) and the lotus (lian) together forms the rebus liannian youyu, translated as 'there is continuous abundance every year'.
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