Details
The first, opaque turquoise-ground glass bottle is carved through the opaque brownish-red overlay with ‘antiques’, 1800-1880; the second, clear glass bottle with five-color overlay of birds, fruit and plants, Yangzhou School, 1850-1900; the third is an opaque yellow-ground bottle with cinnabar-colored overlay of ‘antiques’, twin fish and flying bats, with a ‘Jiaxiang’ (‘Auspiciousness’) seal, Yangzhou School, 1850-1900.
2⅝, 2¼, 2¼ in. (6.5, 5.7 and 5.7 cm.) high, metal, plastic and stone stoppers
Provenance
The first:
Robert Hall, London, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5349

The second:
Robert Hall, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5282

The third:
Robert Hall, London, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, 5282 and 4811.
Literature
The first:
Robert Hall, Irish Mist, Chinese Snuff Bottles XIV London, 2009, no. 10, p. 11.

The second:
Robert Hall, Serendipity, Chinese Snuff Bottles XVI, London, 2011, no. 20.
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