Lot Essay
The calligraphy represents lines from a poem praising the taking of snuff and its auspicious powers and describing the beauty of the bottle.
Cf. three similar: examples, one sold in these Great Rooms, 5 June 1995, lot 324; another offered in our Rooms in Hong Kong, 3 May 1994, lot 983; and one from the Edmund F. Dwyer Collection, illustrated by Hugh Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles of the Silica or Quartz Group, no.195
Cf. three similar: examples, one sold in these Great Rooms, 5 June 1995, lot 324; another offered in our Rooms in Hong Kong, 3 May 1994, lot 983; and one from the Edmund F. Dwyer Collection, illustrated by Hugh Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles of the Silica or Quartz Group, no.195