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328
A RED OVERLAY GLASS ‘FISH BASKET’
SNUFF BOTTLE AND A RED OVERLAY
GLASS ‘CRANES’ SNUFF BOTTLE
18th/19th century
The first flattened white opaque glass
bottle finely carved with two carp frolicking
amongst lotus flowers in a basket, stopper;
the second larger bottle with eleven cranes in
flight, stopper.
The largest: 6cm (2 3/8in) high (4).

£1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 15,000
328 CNY9,000 - 13,000

329
AN OVERLAY GLASS ‘POMEGRANATE’
SNUFF BOTTLE AND A RED OVERLAY
GLASS ‘LADIES’ SNUFF BOTTLE
18th/19th century
The first frosted red glass bottle formed as
a ripe pomegranate, carved in relief with the
seeds and leafy tendrils, stopper; the second
frosted translucent white glass bottle with
two beauties, one holding a fan, the other
a floral sprig, with beast mask handles,
stopper; together with a yellow glass basket-
weave bottle, 19th/20th century, stopper.
The largest: 5.5cm (2 1/8in) high (6).

£1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 15,000
CNY9,000 - 13,000
Compare the pomegranate-form bottle to 329
a double-overlay example in the Mary &
George Bloch collection, Part VIII, Sotheby’s
Hong Kong, 26 May 2014, lot 1179.

330
A FIVE-COLOUR OVERLAY GLASS
‘ANCIENT PLAYTHINGS’ SNUFF BOTTLE
AND A TWO-COLOUR OVERLAY GLASS
SNUFF BOTTLE
18th/19th century
The first bottle with a multitude of floral
sprays and flowerpots holding blossoming
sprigs, beast mask handles, two-character
玩古 wan gu mark, stopper; the second
flattened bottle carved in yellow and blue
overlay with a pastoral scene of scholars and
attendants about a villa by a river, stopper.
The largest: 6.6cm (2 7/8in) high (4).

£800 - 1,200
330 HK$8,200 - 12,000
CNY7,200 - 11,000

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