Lot Essay
For a discussion of this group see Hugh Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles of the Silica or Quartz Group, p. 79, where the author suggests that the engraving was added in Beijing between 1955 and 1968
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A SMALL ENGRAVED SMOKY QUARTZ BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY, THE ENGRAVING POSSIBLY LATER
Of flattened rounded rectangular shape, lightly engraved on each side and with traces of gilt with long-tailed birds and prunus, and swallows with willow, minor flaws, stopper
19TH CENTURY, THE ENGRAVING POSSIBLY LATER
Of flattened rounded rectangular shape, lightly engraved on each side and with traces of gilt with long-tailed birds and prunus, and swallows with willow, minor flaws, stopper