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Two amber glass snuff bottles A multi-color overlaid glass snuff bottle
1750-1860 1820-1880
Each of compressed globular form, supported on a finely finished oval The moon-flask form bottle supported on a slightly inverted oval foot
foot ring, the first with a cylindrical neck, flat lip, the semi-transparent ring, rising to a cylindrical neck, flat lip, the main sides with overlay
amber ground suffused with striking black inclusions imitating tortoise work in pink, green and pale amber glass, depicting a lotus pond with
shell; the second surmounted with two raised faux lion mask-and-ring either a fish or a frog, the narrow sides decorated with two crisply
handles, its gently waisted neck wrapped with vertical plantain leaves, carved butterflies rendered with black overlay, all against a milky-white
the lower section of the bottle encased by a veined lotus leaf with ground with ‘snow-flake’ inclusions.
carefully detailed, rolled edges. 2 3/4in (7cm) high
2 and 2 1/4in (5.1 and 5.7cm) high $3,000 - 5,000
$2,000 - 3,000
Provenance
Provenance the Bentley Collection, U.K.
left hand bottle, the Bentley Collection, U.K. C.Y.Tse, Hong Kong, 1987
Clare Lawrence Ltd.
the Alexander Brody Collection Illustrated
right hand bottle, the Bentley Collection, U.K. Asian Art Studio, Inc., The Bentley Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles,
C.Y.Tse, Hong Kong, 1987 2008, p. 40

Illustrated 7200
left hand bottle, Asian Art Studio, Inc., The Bentley Collection of A molded and gilt-painted porcelain snuff bottle
Chinese Snuff Bottles, 2008, p. 24, Clare Lawrence, The Alexander 1796-1850
Brody Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, London, 1995, p.85, The ovoid form bottle molded in high relief around the walls with the
NO.135 eighteen luohan holding their attributes surrounded by cloud scrolls,
right hand bottle, Asian Art Studio, Inc., The Bentley Collection of the raised relief, as well as the flat lip and the oval foot ring covered
Chinese Snuff Bottles, 2008, p. 18 in gilt over black against a turquoise blue enamel ground meant to
simulate gilt metal, the underside bearing a four-character Qianlong
nian zhi mark painted in gold seal script.
2 3/4in (7cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000

Provenance
the Bentley Collection, U.K.
Sotheby’s, Sussex, 25 June 1991

Published
The Bentley Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Asian Art Studio, Inc.,
2008, p. 110

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