A RARE CHINESE PINK AND GREEN-OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

A RARE CHINESE PINK AND GREEN-OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
YANGZHOU SCHOOL, DATED 1857

Carved in low relief with three ducks in a pond and butterflies beneath a willow tree and a seal which reads 'zhengke' (really can), the reverse with three deer and rocks beside a tree, with an inscription that reads 'xiaozhuan' (Made on an Autumn day in the dingsi year 1857), 5.4cm.

Provenance: from an English private collection, Yorkshire, purchased from Laurence Souksi at Espace 4, Paris, 21st September 2021; previously the Collection du Commandeur, Paris and then Robert Hall, London.

丁巳（1857年） 揚州作粉底套綠料松鹿同春鼻煙壺
來源：英國約克郡私人收藏，2021年9月21日購於巴黎Laurence Souksi，之前由倫敦Robert Hall及巴黎du Commandeur收藏。

Cf. Hugh Moss, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol.5, no.1030 for a related snuff bottle.