A CHINESE PINK OVERLAID GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

1780-1850

Of flattened ovoid form, carved in shallow relief to one side with a kylin, a plume of vapour containing a scroll issuing from its mouth, the reverse with a leaping carp beneath a banner, all amongst clouds and reserved on a milky-white ground, 6.6cm.

Provenance: Sotheby's Billingshurst, 25th June 1991, lot 44. The Bentley Collection.