Through the Window

1870-1949
Height (including original stopper in situ): 6 cm
Mouth/lip: .5/1.3 cm
Stopper: gilt-bronze

Provenance:
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2006.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 3981.
Christie’s, New York, 13 September 2017, lot 317

Exhibited:
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention,
The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.

 

Wood, black lacquer, abalone shell and gold foil (lac burgauté); with a flat lip and foot and convex footrim; each main side with a framed panel of flowering plants, one with four bees, the other with one bee and a butterfly surrounding them, the surrounds with a formalized floral design.

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Alexander Whittaker