Lot 84
COLLECTION OF TWELVE SNUFF BOTTLES
19TH/20TH CENTURY
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 15 May 2019 at 17:00 BST
Description
comprising: a red-overlay clear glass bottle, decorated with the 'Auspicious Monkey on a Horse' (ma shang feng hou) design; a red and black overlay white glass 'phoenix' bottle; a ruby-red overlay snowflake glass 'bamboo and prunus' bottle; a red-overlay white glass 'cats' bottle; a blue-overlay white glass bottle, decorated with bats and shou characters; a blue-overlay clear glass 'phoenix' bottle; a ruby-red overlay clear glass bottle; a white and red overlay snowflake blue glass bottle; a red-overlay white glass bottle; a blue and white porcelain bottle; a ruby-red glass bottle; and a cinnabar-lacquer-imitation bottle (12)
Dimensions
largest 6.6cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
From a private Edinburgh collection of Chinese snuff bottles.