A brown-overlay milky white glass snuff bottle1820-1880, Yangzhou School
Of compressed rectangular form, overlaid and carved with a cat watching a butterfly beneath a leafy tree issuing from rockwork, the reverse with archaistic vessels and twin fish suspended from a ruyi, the sides with mock mask ring handles, with brown glass collar and footrim, stopper.
6.6cm. (2.5/8in) high. (2).注脚Objects of Desire: A European private collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Lots 98-146

Provenance: Clare Lawrence Ltd., London
Sotheby's New York, 2nd December 1992 Lot 369