Asian Art I - 15th November 2016

Lot 51

A CHINESE PINK OVERLAID GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 1780-1850 Of flattened ovoid form

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £720

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Description

A CHINESE PINK OVERLAID GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

1780-1850

Of flattened ovoid form, carved in shallow relief to one side with a kylin, a plume of vapour containing a scroll issuing from its mouth, the reverse with a leaping carp beneath a banner, all amongst clouds and reserved on a milky-white ground, 6.6cm.

Provenance: Sotheby's Billingshurst, 25th June 1991, lot 44. The Bentley Collection.