A RED-OVERLAY `SNOWSTORM` GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

Lot 886
24.03.2022 12:00UTC -05:00
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Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 718453
Lot 886 | A RED-OVERLAY 'SNOWSTORM' GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 8 000
A RED-OVERLAY 'SNOWSTORM' GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

1750-1820

Both sides of the bottle are carved with an oval panel, one with a bat flying toward a fruiting peach tree, the other with a bat flying above a pagoda emerging from crashing waves.

3 3⁄8 in. (8.6 cm.) high, agate and green jade stopper







Provenance

Gerd Lester Collection, New York, 1981.

Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
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