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Property from the Bentley Collection, London, United Kingdom
Lot 7195

A black overlaid turquoise blue glass snuff bottle
1820-1880

23 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

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A black overlaid turquoise blue glass snuff bottle

1820-1880
Of ovoid form with a gently waisted neck, flat lip, splayed oval foot ring, the black overlay set against the opaque blue ground, elegantly carved with bamboo branches and prunus flower heads.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high

Footnotes

Provenance:
the Bentley Collection, U.K.
Sotheby's, London, 24 April 1989, lot 184
The Kenneth Atkinson Collection, Australia

Illustrated:
Asian Art Studio, Inc., The Bentley Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, 2008, p. 42

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