Asian Art I - 15th November 2016

Lot 56

A CHINESE RED OVERLAID GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 1750-1820 The flattened oval body carved in shallow...

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Description

A CHINESE RED OVERLAID GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

1750-1820

The flattened oval body carved in shallow relief with a sinuous writhing chilong to each side, with mock loose-ringed handles to the shoulder, all reserved on a snowflake ground, 7.6cm.

Provenance: Chinese Arts and Crafts, Kowloon, 1979. The Bentley Collection.