A CHINESE WHITE AND GREEN-OVERLAY GLASS 'CRANES' SNUFF BOTTLE
A CHINESE WHITE AND GREEN-OVERLAY GLASS 'CRANES' SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY OR LATER
The slender body tapering towards the neck, carved with pairs of cranes, the birds depicted flying amidst swirling clouds and perched on pine trees, with a four character Qianlong mark to one side, all reserved on a pale pink translucent ground suffused with many bubbles, 8cm.
Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.