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Property from the Bentley Collection, London, United Kingdom
Lot 7193

A multi-color overlaid milky-white glass snuff bottle
1800-1900

23 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

US$2,500 - US$4,000

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A multi-color overlaid milky-white glass snuff bottle

1800-1900
Well-hollowed, the baluster form bottle with a waisted neck, flat lip, subtly spreading circular foot ring, that form graceful bamboo branches behind rocks, a leafy peony flower and a butterfly hovering around a lotus pond with a pair of ducks swimming ducks under the sun peeking through clouds.
2 7/8in (7.3cm) high

Footnotes

Provenance:
the Bentley Collection, U.K.
Sotheby's Sussex, 25 June, 1991, lot 276

Illustrated:
Asian Art Studio, Inc., The Bentley Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, 2008, p. 36

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