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Property from the Bentley Collection, London, United Kingdom
Lot 7197

A black overlaid milky-white glass snuff bottle
1780-1880

23 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

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A black overlaid milky-white glass snuff bottle

1780-1880
The well-hollowed bottle of compressed spherical form, with a waisted neck, flat lip, the black overlay forming a dazzling contrast to the milky white ground, skillfully carved with impressive details to depict four flower pots and two vases, each containing leafy peony, prunus, lotus, orchid, peach blossoms, and chrysanthemum, the black overlay also forming the splayed oval foot ring enclosing a small peach sprig and a bat carved to the convex base.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high

Footnotes

Provenance:
the Bentley Collection, U.K.
Sotheby's, London, 7 June 1990, lot 246

Illustrated:
Asian Art Studio, Inc., The Bentley Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, 2008, p. 46

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