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THE ROBERT B. AND BEATRICE C. MAYER FAMILY COLLECTION
TWO RED-OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES

18TH-19TH CENTURY

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    USD 2,000 - USD 3,000
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    TWO RED-OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES

    18TH-19TH CENTURY

    Price Realised USD 2,000
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    The first bottle is carved through the transparent red overlay to the semi-translucent, bubble-suffused ground with a continuous scene which on one side includes a figure of Meng Haoran riding a donkey on a bridge, followed by an attendant holding a branch of plum blossom, and the reverse shows a figure on a horse holding a qin, followed by an attendant carring a parasol; the second bottle is similarly decorated with two mystical beasts on one side and an eagle standing on top of a bear next to a pine tree on the other side.
    21⁄4 in. (5.7 cm.) high; 23⁄8 in. (6 cm.) high


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    Mrs. Ruth Cummings, 1952.
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