Property from a distinguished Asian private collection (Lots 368-396)






A fine green glass 'chilong' snuff bottle


18th/19th centuryThe bottle of globular form rising from an oval foot rim to a straight neck, each face finely carved depicting an archaistic design of two stylised and confronting chilong with bifurcated tails, the translucent glass of a rich green colour. 7.1cm high
|ProvenanceA distinguished Asian private collectionA very similar glass bottle but in red, Qianlong, is illustrated by S.Kwan, Glass Snuff Bottles, Hong Kong, 2009, p.114, no.25.