Lot 91
  • 91

AN INSCRIBED BLACK GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE ATTRIBUTED TO THE IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Estimate
150,000 - 180,000 HKD
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Description

  • glass

Provenance

Hugh Moss Ltd., 1993.

Literature

Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 5, Hong Kong, 2002, no. 870.

Condition

A small line/crack, central and just above the footrim. A tiny chip towards the base on one side. Note: the stopper has been replaced, it is not the same one as appears in Treasury 5.
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