Bottle ID: 801

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CARVED, TREES, PLANTS, BATS

Date: 1750-1860

Height: 50 mm

A crystal snuff bottle, well hollowed, of small flattened rectangular form, with rounded shoulders sloping to a cylindrical neck and with a neatly carved oval footrim, the natural flaws in the stone utilized in the carving, one main side with trees and plants issuing from rockwork; the reverse with bats flying below a scrolling cloud.

Similar Examples:

Crane Collection, no. 713
Hughes, Michael C. The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Chinese Snuff Bottles, 2009, pp. 162-163, no. 126 
Moss, Hugh, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang. A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, 1998, Vol. 2, part I, pp. 194-196, no. 254

Provenance:

Clare Chu Asian Art LLC
Collection of John O'Hara Collection, PA.

 

 

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