A FINE IMPERIAL YELLOW GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

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A FINE IMPERIAL YELLOW GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
QIANLONG YUZHI SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

Of large rounded shape, carved on each side in medium relief with confronting archaistic chilong, the narrow sides with a lotus, ruyi collar and a stud, the glass of rich egg-yolk tone, the mark neatly incised within the oval foot, coral stopper
Provenance
The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey

Lot Essay

Previously sold in these rooms, 3 November 1996, lot. no. 655.

A similar yellow glass bottle also with a yuzhi mark is illustrated by Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles, A Miniature Art from the collection of Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong, 1994, p.54, no.64.

(US$45,000-60,000)

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