A Chinese Painted Glass Octagonal Snuff Bottle with Landscape Scenes, 10BN
This octagonal opaque glass snuff bottle features bright yellow speckled outer borders framing two painted landscape reserves. One side depicts a tranquil river scene with a sailing boat beside trees with red autumn foliage; the reverse portrays a robed scholar standing on a rocky shore overlooking distant mountains and a small boat drifting on water. The neck is decorated with red scroll patterns, and the bottle is fitted with a dark speckled stone stopper set in a twisted metal mount. Height 6.5 cm (2 1/2 in.), width 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.).
Condition
Items are sourced from an estate.This is a no-reserve auction.
This octagonal opaque glass snuff bottle features bright yellow speckled outer borders framing two painted landscape reserves. One side depicts a tranquil river scene with a sailing boat beside trees with red autumn foliage; the reverse portrays a robed scholar standing on a rocky shore overlooking distant mountains and a small boat drifting on water. The neck is decorated with red scroll patterns, and the bottle is fitted with a dark speckled stone stopper set in a twisted metal mount. Height 6.5 cm (2 1/2 in.), width 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.).
Condition
Items are sourced from an estate.This is a no-reserve auction.
