A CHINESE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

1780-1880

The tapering baluster body overlaid in blue, red and brown, carved in relief with a pair of Mandarin ducks swimming amongst lotus, bamboo and peony, with the sun amongst swirling clouds and a single butterfly in flight above, all reserved on an opalescent white ground, 8.2cm.

Provenance: Sotheby's, Billingshurst, 25th June 1991, lot 176. The Bentley Collection.