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Lot 209: AN EARLY REALGAR OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 1770-1840

Name: AN EARLY REALGAR OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 1770-1840
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 37am1sat3z

Est: $2,500 USD - $3,500 USDSold:

Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USMarch 23, 2004

Item Overview

Description

of compressed ovoid form, the swirled orange ground overlaid with red, carved on one side with a Star God holding a scroll incised tianguan zhifu 'Heaven bestowing prosperity', the reverse with the sanduo, 'Three Abundancies', a pomegranate, finger citron and peaches

Dimensions

61 mm

Artist or Maker

? Orange

Notes

Bier no. 205

The color of the realgar-glass is closely related to an early bottle, illustrated by Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, vol.5, no.703, where the general group is discussed.

Auction Details

Chinese Works of Art

Sotheby's

March 23, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US

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