Chinese Art, including Snuff Bottles and Jades from an Old Hong Kong Family Collection

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Lot 554
  • 554

A RUBY-RED GLASS 'FISH' SNUFF BOTTLE QING DYNASTY, 18TH – 19TH CENTURY |

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 HKD
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Description

  • 6.8 cm, 2 5/8  in.

Provenance

Y.F. Yang, Hong Kong, 28th April 1972 (HK$1,600).

Catalogue Note

A glass snuff bottle carved through the blue overlays with a similar design of fish, from the Qing court collection, is preserved in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Snuff Bottles, Hong Kong, 2003, pl. 69.