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The Confronting Dragons

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  • Glass

  • Ovoid shape

  • Green glass snuff bottle dotted with small bubbles with brown-red overlay. Two stylized dragons are confronting each other on both the sides.



Period

  • 18th century



Size

  • Height cm. 6.5
  • Mouth cm. 0.8
  • Lip cm. 1.3



Stopper

  • Agate with metal collar



Provenance

  • Charles V Swain collection
  • Christie's Parigi - 21 November 2008 - Lot no. 33



Exhibited

  • 41st Convention I.C.S.B.S., Dublin, October 2009
  • Palazzina delle Arti: Museo del Sigillo (Seal Museum), La Spezia - Italy, November 2010 - January 2011



Published

  • Atomo Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Foti, no. 17, p. 22

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