AQUAMARINE-BLUE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
£500
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 15 May 2019 at 17:00 BST
Description
of slightly compressed oviform on a short straight foot and below a cylindrical neck, the glass of a delicate transparent aquamarine-blue tone
Dimensions
5.7cm high (overall)
Footnote
Provenance:
From a private Edinburgh collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles.
Note:
For a similar aquamarine-blue glass snuff bottle from the Mary and George Bloch collection, dated to Qianlong/Jiaqing period, see Sotheby's sale in their Hong Kong rooms on 01.06.2015, lot 127, sale HK0576.