Asian Art - 14th November 2017
Lot 200
A CHINESE TURQUOISE AND BROWN BEIJING GLASS 'SQUIRREL AND GRAPEVINE' SNUFF BOTTLE 19TH CENTURY...
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A CHINESE TURQUOISE AND BROWN BEIJING GLASS 'SQUIRREL AND GRAPEVINE' SNUFF BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY
Modelled as a large grape cluster with smaller grapes, leaves and tendrils, a squirrel and a small bunch of grapes picked out in brown, with a glass stopper, 4.2cm.
Cf. Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, 1991, p.266, no.404 for a comparable example.