A CINNABAR RED MOTTLED COFFEE GLASS BOTTLE
1750-1820
Of flattened rounded shape, the coffee ground attractively mottled with cell-like cinnabar red flecks with some darker inclusions, stopper
2in. (5cm.) high
Provenance
Bob C. Stevens Collection
Sotheby's, New York, 26 March 1982, lot 32
Lot Essay
For another example see Hugh M. Moss, An Exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles, London, June, 1970, Catalogue, p. 58, no. 234.
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