A BLUE OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
A BLUE OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
Yangzhou School, 1800-1880
Of flattened spherical form rising to a gently waisted neck with a flat lip, the blue overlay finely carved as a paradise flycatcher perched on the branches of a prunus tree on one side, and butterflies flying above a blossoming lotus on the other, all supported on an oval foot ring.
2 1/8in (5.5cm) high
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A BLUE OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
Yangzhou School, 1800-1880
Of flattened spherical form rising to a gently waisted neck with a flat lip, the blue overlay finely carved as a paradise flycatcher perched on the branches of a prunus tree on one side, and butterflies flying above a blossoming lotus on the other, all supported on an oval foot ring.
2 1/8in (5.5cm) high
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