PROBABLY IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1760-1820

A bottle of similar composition from The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Snuff Bottles: Part III was sold at Christie's New York, 14 September 2016, lot 452.

For a discussion of bottles of this design, see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, the Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 5, Part 3, Hong Kong, 2002, p. 607.