Asian Art I - 12th November 2014
Lot 189
λ Two Chinese glass snuff bottles 1780-1850
Estimate £500 - £1,000 | Hammer £2500
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Description
λ Two Chinese glass snuff bottles 1780-1850, one in ochre-yellow, carved in relief to each side with a sinuous chilong, a smaller dragon to each shoulder, the other in overlaid red glass, depicting a pagoda with the setting sun amidst clouds and waves, with two bats and a crane in flight above, all reserved on a snowflake ground, 7cm. (2)