A BROWN-OVERLAY 'SNOWFLAKE' GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
This lot is offered without reserve.
A BROWN-OVERLAY 'SNOWFLAKE' GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

PROBABLY YANGZHOU, 1830-1900

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A BROWN-OVERLAY 'SNOWFLAKE' GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY YANGZHOU, 1830-1900
The bottle is carved through the transparent brown overlay to the 'snowflake' ground on one side with a Bactrian camel, the reverse with two smaller camels, and the narrow sides with mask-and-ring handles.
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) high, tiger's eye stopper
Provenance
Mary Kaufman Collection.
Robert Kleiner, London, 2005.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4254.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

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