A RARE CHINESE IMITATION BAROQUE PEARL GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

18TH/19TH CENTURY

The pearlised ovoid body with an enamelled silver collar below the gilt-bronze waisted neck, with a coral stopper, 5.5cm.

Provenance: purchased from Bonhams New York, 22nd March, 2011, lot 108.

Cf. Moss et al., 1996-2009, vol.7, nos.1662 and 1663, for two similar imitation pearl glass snuff bottles; see also C Lawrence, Miniature Masterpieces from the Middle Kingdom, London, 1996, pp.278-9, fig.133 for another example.