Lot 167
  • 167

A MULTI-COLOURED SANDWICHED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE LATE QING DYNASTY / REPUBLICAN PERIOD

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 HKD
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Description

  • glass

Provenance

Collection of Irwin L. Rosenberg. 
Christie's New York, 3rd November 1977, lot 247. 
Collection of Gerd Lester, 1986. 

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. 737.

Condition

The mouth appears to have been slightly polished, especially to the inner rim. The footrim has a tiny nick and a small polished area, possibly to smoothen a nibbled edge.
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