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Property from the Bentley Collection, London, United Kingdom
Lot 7202

A five-color overlaid white glass snuff bottle
1820-1880

23 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

US$1,500 - US$2,000

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A five-color overlaid white glass snuff bottle

1820-1880
Of rounded rectangular form with a subtly waisted neck, flat lip, green overlaid splayed oval foot, the milky white bottle carved through the red, green, pink, blue, and caramel overlays with chrysanthemum, rocks and butterfly to one side, an orchid in a vase in front of tied scrolls and a butterfly on the reverse.
2 3/4in (7cm) high

Footnotes

Provenance:
the Bentley Collection, U.K.
Sotheby's, Sussex, 25 June 1991, lot 26

Published:
The Bentley Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Asian Art Studio, Inc., 2008, p. 38

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