Asian Art - 14th November 2017

Lot 215

A SMALL CHINESE IMPERIAL GUYUE XUAN ENAMELLED WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 18TH CENTURY

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500

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Description

A SMALL CHINESE IMPERIAL GUYUE XUAN ENAMELLED WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

18TH CENTURY, YANGZHOU 1770 -1799

With an ovoid body painted with a fisherman in a boat on a river by a hanging cliff to one side and with two boys on water buffaloes crossing a river to the reverse, 4.3cm.

Cf. Christie's New York,15th March 2017, The Ruth and Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles Part IV, lot 437 for a comparable example.