Description
Description: Chinese quartz snuff bottle shaped as a lotus bud. The bud is represented downside, with the top of the ribbed petals and pistils forming the base. The penultimate image is of the bottle lighted by inside for better showing the shaping.
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Dating: 18th / 19h century.
Material: Quartz
Size: 47 mm high
Stopper: Green jade with black glass collar and bone spoon.
Provenance: Antiquarian market
References: See in the last picture a bottle of the same shape, but with a simpler neck and made in pink glass instead of quartz and bigger than our one, sold by Christie’s on June 20, 2002.
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