Asian Art

November 30December 05, 2019
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LOT 68

Lot 68

A Red Overlay 'Bat and Lingzhi' Glass Snuff Bottle, 19th Century

A Red Overlay 'Bat and Lingzhi' Glass Snuff Bottle, 19th Century
Lot 68 Details
A Red Overlay 'Bat and Lingzhi' Glass Snuff Bottle, 19th Century

十九世紀 雪霏地套紅料'福至心靈'鼻煙壺

Of flattened ovoid form, the red overlay carved with a boy reaching for lingzhi on a cliff as a bat hovers above, continued on the reverse with an old man seated under a pine tree and facing a lingzhi mushroom sprouting from a rocky crag
height 2.9 in — 7.4 cm

Estimate $400-$600

Realised: $840
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A Red Overlay 'Bat and Lingzhi' Glass Snuff Bottle, 19th Century
  • A Red Overlay 'Bat and Lingzhi' Glass Snuff Bottle, 19th Century
  • A Red Overlay 'Bat and Lingzhi' Glass Snuff Bottle, 19th Century
  • A Red Overlay 'Bat and Lingzhi' Glass Snuff Bottle, 19th Century
Provenance:

An Important Snuff Bottle Collection from a Toronto Estate

來源: 多倫多重要私人鼻煙壺珍藏,於二十世紀初入藏

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