Fine Asian Art - 20th May 2025

Lot 20

A CHINESE RED-OVERLAY GLASS 'BAT AND BUTTERFLY' CALLIGRAPHIC SNUFF BOTTLE

Estimate £2,000 - £3,000

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Description

A CHINESE RED-OVERLAY GLASS 'BAT AND BUTTERFLY' CALLIGRAPHIC SNUFF BOTTLE
18TH/19TH CENTURY

Probably Yangzhou school, the semi-translucent white body carved with a bat and a butterfly in red overlay glass, the reverse with a poem describing the scene, with two seals, one reads Zhu and the other Wen, 5.3cm.

Provenance: from the Ramfield Collection, purchased from Robert Kleiner, 20th December 2005, a copy of the invoice is available.

十八/十九世紀 涅白地套紅料福壽鼻煙壺
來源：Ramfield收藏，2005年12月20日購於Robert Kleiner（附發票複印件）