A BROWN-OVERLAY 'SNOWFLAKE' GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

A BROWN-OVERLAY \'SNOWFLAKE\' GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

PROBABLY YANGZHOU, 1830-1900

The bottle is carved through the transparent brown overlay to the \'snowflake\' ground on one side with a Bactrian camel, the reverse with two smaller camels, and the narrow sides with mask-and-ring handles.

2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) high, tiger\'s eye stopper