Lot Essay
Previously sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2 May 1996, lot 1141.
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A CARVED RED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Of large flattened form supported on an oval footrim, well carved as if wrapped in a silk brocade pouch decorated in low relief with the eight Buddhist emblems on a diaper-ground and loosely tied around the shoulder, the base inscribed with a later added Qianlong four-character mark, stopper
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Of large flattened form supported on an oval footrim, well carved as if wrapped in a silk brocade pouch decorated in low relief with the eight Buddhist emblems on a diaper-ground and loosely tied around the shoulder, the base inscribed with a later added Qianlong four-character mark, stopper
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high