An Amber 'Basket-Weave' Snuff Bottle Qing Dynasty, 18th Century

of compressed globular form, the exterior intricately carved with a 'basket-weave' design above a rope-twist band at the foot, the material of a rich reddish-brown colour suffused with black tinges

Tiny nibbles to outer lip at the mouth and foot, otherwise good condition.
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Another amber 'basket-weave' snuff bottle of similar high quality is illustrated by Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles, The White Wings Collection, Hong Kong, 1997, p. 222, no. 154. See also an example illustrated by Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol, 7, Hong Kong, 2009, no. 1579.

A similar example from the Dr. Martin Roshco collection was sold at Bonhams New York, 20th March 2012, lot 42.