Lot Essay
Compare to a similar well-carved crystal bottle sold at Christie's New York, 19-20 September 2013, lot 1627. Another related snuff bottle, but carved with the Eight Buddhist Emblems, is illustrated by Moss, Graham, and Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 2, Part 2, Hong Kong, 1998, pp. 416-18, no. 334.