A FOUR-COLOR OVERLAY CLEAR GLASS 'THREE ABUNDANCES' SNUFF BOTTLE QING DYNASTY, 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY

the ovoid body raised on a hexagonal foot, carved through the transparent red, green, sapphire-blue and amber-yellow layers to the cloudy semi-transparent ground with the three abundances, sanduo, pomegranate, peach and finger citron, all growing from a hexagonal planter, stopper (2)

Y. F. Yang & Co., Hong Kong, 1976.

The bottle is in good general condition. There are small inclusions in the glass overlay, and a minute nick to one corner of the foot. There is a small burst air bubble to the side by the yellow overlay finger citron.
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