Asian Art I - 15th November 2016
Lot 55
A CHINESE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 1750-1850 The ovoid body overlaid in pink
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £750
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Description
A CHINESE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1850
The ovoid body overlaid in pink, green, yellow and black, carved in shallow relief to one side with a fish swimming amongst lotus, to the other with a frog crouched beneath a lotus leaf, with two butterflies in flight to the shoulder, all reserved on a snowflake ground, 8.2cm.
Provenance: C Y Tse, Hong Kong, 1987. The Bentley Collection.