λ FOUR CHINESE OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES

λ FOUR CHINESE OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
19TH AND 20TH CENTURY

7.5cm max. (4)

One with a copy of a 1967 invoice for Moon Gate.

The smallest in translucent mottled glass with black overlay depicting two horses amongst trees; another in white glass with black overlay depicting prunus branches and flowers; the third in transparent glass with honey-coloured overlay depicting prunus, orchid, pine and bamboo; the fourth in milky glass with ruby red overlay depicting Liu Hai and his three-legged toad to one side, and Magu and a monkey holding peaches to the other.

From an English private collection, the black overlay bottle with horses with a copy of an invoice for Moon Gate, dated 19th June 1967.