9024
A RED OVERLAY GLASS 'SQUIRRELS AND GRAPES' SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY

The flattened globular body finely carved through the red overlays on both sides with strands of grapes issuing from leafy foliage, a playful squirrel appearing below an auspicious bat on each side feeding on the succulent fruit.

H: 7 cm

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000
59,000 - 98,000
1,900 - 3,200

Ravenel Spring Auction 2014 Hong Kong

9024

A RED OVERLAY GLASS 'SQUIRRELS AND GRAPES' SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY


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PROVENANE:
JSL Auction, March 1999

Compare with a bottle embellished with a continuous scene of squirrels amidst grapes, illustrated in Chinese snuff bottles. From the collection of the Rt.Hon. The marquess of Exeter . Hugh Moss ltd. London, 1974, G.72, pp.78-79.
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