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Property from the Bentley Collection, London, United Kingdom
Lot 7199

A multi-color overlaid glass snuff bottle
1820-1880

23 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

US$3,000 - US$5,000

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A multi-color overlaid glass snuff bottle

1820-1880
The moon-flask form bottle supported on a slightly inverted oval foot ring, rising to a cylindrical neck, flat lip, the main sides with overlay work in pink, green and pale amber glass, depicting a lotus pond with either a fish or a frog, the narrow sides decorated with two crisply carved butterflies rendered with black overlay, all against a milky-white ground with 'snow-flake' inclusions.
2 3/4in (7cm) high

Footnotes

Provenance:
the Bentley Collection, U.K.
C.Y.Tse, Hong Kong, 1987

Illustrated:
Asian Art Studio, Inc., The Bentley Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, 2008, p. 40

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