Details
The first, transparent ruby-red glass bottle is carved with figures in a river scene, including Boya and his friend Zhong Ziqi, 1800-1900; the second, transparent purple glass bottle is carved with a brocade sash “tied” around the bottle, 1780-1870; the third, carved amber-tone glass bottle is carved with “bronze” vessels and an eight-character archaistic inscription referring to the medicinal qualities of snuff, flanked by mask and ring handles, 1780-1860.
2⅝, 2¼ and 2⅜ in. (6.7, 5.6 and 6.1 cm.), glass stoppers
Provenance
The first:
Robert Eldred & Co., East Dennis, Massachusetts, 26 August 1993, lot 22.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 801

The second:
Robert Hall, London, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4901.

The third:
Robert Hall, London, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5345.
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