TWO OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES1780-1850
The first with an opaque ocher layer over a clear ocher ground, the opaque layer carved to form the design of a male lion with a ball on one side, and the female with a cub on the other; the second with a multi-colored layer carved to form the eight horses of Mu Wang in different poses against a bubbles suffused ground.
2 5/8in (6.5cm) high, the taller (2).注脚Provenance:
The first:
Arthur Gadsby Collection
Alice B. McReynolds Collection
Sotheby's, Los Angeles, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the collection of Alice B McReynolds, 31 October 1984, lot 40
The second:
James Gleeson and Frank O'Keefe Collection
Sotheby's, London, Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 6 June 1980, lot 6
Alice B. McReynolds Collection
Sotheby's, Los Angeles, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the collection of Alice B McReynolds, 31 October 1984, lot 35