Description: A CHINESE BLACK-OVERLAY BUBBLE-SUFFUSED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 18TH/19TH CENTURY
A black-overlay snuff bottle finely carved to depict a pine tree springing out of rocks with lingzhi fungus, with a clear amber red glass stopper, possibly original. Together with an exceptionally finely carved amber-overlay snuff bottle depicting a carp to one side and a crane amidst lotus and grasses.
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The black snuff bottle 6.8cm high, the amber 5.5cm high.