GROUP OF SIX PEKING GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD
£500
Auction: 8 November 2017 at 17:00 GMT
Description
comprising: a cranberry-red-overlay snowflake bottle, carved with two foreigners on horseback; a ruby-red-overlay bottle, decorated with precious antiques; a blue-glass overlay snowflake bottle, carved with a couple and a fisherman on a ferry; a blue-overlay bottle, both sides identically decorated with a heron perched on a lotus spray; an aubergine-overlay amber 'wufu' bottle, each side carved with five bats surrounding a shou character; and a polychrome-overlay white bottle (6)
Dimensions
largest 9cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
From the collection of the late Graham Harding (1870s-1949), international insurance loss adjustor for Toplis & Harding, acquired during his business travels to China in the early 20th century, thence by direct family descent.