Asian Art II - 21st May 2025
Lot 601
λ FOUR CHINESE OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £630
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Description
λ FOUR CHINESE OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
19TH AND 20TH CENTURY
7.5cm max. (4)
One with a copy of a 1967 invoice for Moon Gate.
The smallest in translucent mottled glass with black overlay depicting two horses amongst trees; another in white glass with black overlay depicting prunus branches and flowers; the third in transparent glass with honey-coloured overlay depicting prunus, orchid, pine and bamboo; the fourth in milky glass with ruby red overlay depicting Liu Hai and his three-legged toad to one side, and Magu and a monkey holding peaches to the other.
From an English private collection, the black overlay bottle with horses with a copy of an invoice for Moon Gate, dated 19th June 1967.