Asian Art I - 15th November 2016
Lot 57
A CHINESE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 1750-1820 The flattened body overlaid in red
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £950
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Description
A CHINESE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1820
The flattened body overlaid in red, green, yellow, pink and blue, carved in relief to one side with a vase containing flowers, with a scroll painting and a butterfly, the other with flowers issuing from rockwork, and a butterfly above, reserved on a white ground, 7.9cm.
Provenance: Sotheby's Billingshurst, 25th June 1991, lot 26. The Bentley Collection.