Overlay Glass Snuff Bottle

Description:

Overlay Glass Snuff Bottle, China, 18th/19th century, Yang Chou type, one side with a round inscription of a poem in seal characters, the reverse with a woman holding a parrot in a moon window, pale sea green on a milk glass ground, tourmaline stopper.

Provenance: Dane collection; H. Moss, 1974.

Exhibitions: Fogg Museum, 1992, Bass Museum, 1997.
Estimate $200-300

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