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18TH-19TH CENTURY
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A CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE AND TWO OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The group comprises: a cameo agate bottle carved with a Buddhist lion and a bat, the carver utilising the opaque caramel areas of the stone; a red glass overlay bottle carved through the overlay with dragons on a white snowflake ground; and a blue glass overlay bottle carved with a bat, lingzhi and peach.
The largest 2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high, three stoppers
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The group comprises: a cameo agate bottle carved with a Buddhist lion and a bat, the carver utilising the opaque caramel areas of the stone; a red glass overlay bottle carved through the overlay with dragons on a white snowflake ground; and a blue glass overlay bottle carved with a bat, lingzhi and peach.
The largest 2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high, three stoppers
Provenance
The Professor Marcel Van Eyck Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles (1910-1993), Belgium, acquired in 1965.