Lot Essay
For an almost identical bottle in mirror image see Christie's London, The Ko Family Collection, June 18, 1973 (Part III), lot 80. It is possible that the original black and white illustration was transposed in the Ko catalogue and this is indeed the same bottle
For a very similar bottle see Hugh Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of the Rt. Hon. The Marquess of Exeter, K.C.M.G., p. 82, fig. 6.79 and Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles IV, 1991, Catalogue no. 117
For a very similar bottle see Hugh Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of the Rt. Hon. The Marquess of Exeter, K.C.M.G., p. 82, fig. 6.79 and Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles IV, 1991, Catalogue no. 117