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PROPERTY OF A CALIFORNIA COLLECTOR
TWO GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
1740-1860
Details
TWO GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
1740-1860
One a transparent red glass bottle of flattened ovoid form carved on one main side with prunus and on the other with pine, the narrow sides carved with branches of bamboo, jadeite stopper; the second an opaque yellow glass bottle of compressed ovoid form, the surface left undecorated to highlight the attractive color, glass stopper
2¼ and 2 1/8 in. (5.4 and 5.2 cm.) high (2)
1740-1860
One a transparent red glass bottle of flattened ovoid form carved on one main side with prunus and on the other with pine, the narrow sides carved with branches of bamboo, jadeite stopper; the second an opaque yellow glass bottle of compressed ovoid form, the surface left undecorated to highlight the attractive color, glass stopper
2¼ and 2 1/8 in. (5.4 and 5.2 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong in the 1960s-70s.
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