Lot 652
  • 652

A BLUISH-GREEN OVERLAY WHITE GLASS ‘FISHERMEN’ SNUFF BOTTLE YANGZHOU, DATED 1891

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 HKD
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Description

  • Glass
carved with fishermen on a continuous riverscape scene, inscribed with a six-character inscription in seal script, signed Weishi

Provenance

Collection of John Fell Ruckman (1901-1965), Pennsylvania.
Collection of Charles V. Swain, thence by descent.

Condition

There are minute chips to the fragile green overlay, the largest measuring approx. 0.5 cm to one mock handle. There are minute nibbles to the rim. The catalogue illustration is brighter than the actual colour of the bottle. Please note there is now a replacement stopper. Images are available upon request.
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