Lot Essay
Fruit and vegetable-form snuff bottles were a staple at Court, produced in large numbers, particularly in jade, during the Qing dynasty, but they are extremely rare in glass overlay.
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POSSIBLY IMPERIAL, 1740-1800
Details
AN UNUSUAL RED OVERLAY GLASS BOTTLE
Possibly Imperial, 1740-1800
Of flattened, lobed melon form, well carved through the ruby-red overlay to the milky-white ground with butterflies flying amongst leaves and vines, stopper
2in. (5cm.) high
Possibly Imperial, 1740-1800
Of flattened, lobed melon form, well carved through the ruby-red overlay to the milky-white ground with butterflies flying amongst leaves and vines, stopper
2in. (5cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 3 November 1982, lot 55.
Exhibited
Chinese Snuff Bottles, Taipei Gallery, New York, October 1993.