Lot 187: Snuff Bottles

Estimate: $300 – $500

#1) Peking overlay glass snuff bottle, in milky white with rich indigo blue overlay. Carving of lotus plants and flowers emerging from an open lotus flower at the base. The top is slightly flared and the base is blue, oval and flat, not signed. Some rotary grinding evident. Top appears to be coral, 3 1/2″.

#2) Peking overlay glass snuff bottle simulating hornbill ivory. Rich opaque yellow with opaque red to orange overlay. High relief carving of fan tail carp front and back, one with lotus flower, the other with lily pads in a pond. Fluted neck, red oval flat base, unmarked. Ornamental metal finial on orange glass or stone top, 3″.