Asian Art I - 21st May 2014
Lot 131
An unusual marbled glass snuff bottle 18th/19th century
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £1200
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Description
An unusual marbled glass snuff bottle 18th/19th century, formed as a fist, 5.5cm.
Provenance: Allan Gibson Hughes (1889-1938), of Chalfont, The Mount, Shrewsbury.
Cf. H Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles From the Collection of the Rt. Hon. The Marquess of Exeter, K.C.M.G., p.65, G.30, where another snuff bottle formed as a fist is illustrated.