Two Chinese Red Overlay Peking Glass Snuff Bottles

19TH CENTURY

清中期雪霏地套寶石紅料鼻烟壺兩件
the first having a round flattened flask body of opaque white flecked 'snowflake' glass overlaid with opaque red carved with prunus, green hardstone stopper. The second of slender elongated pear form, blown of clear glass, the overlaid layer of a candied red carved with stylized thunder clouds, green glass stopper.

Height of each bottle 2 3/4 in., 7 cm.

Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.