An Imperial enamelled glass ‘Lotus Pond’ snuff bottle, Palace Workshops, Seal Mark and Period of Qianlong, sixth month, 1768. Photo courtesy Sotheby's

6.3 cm., 2 1/2 in. Estimation 280,000 — 350,000 HKD 

Provenance: Robert Hall, London, 1998.
Hugh M. Moss Ltd., Hong Kong, 2003. 

Litterature: Hugh Moss, 'Mysteries of the Ancient Moon', Journal of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Spring 2006, p. 18, fig. 5, top; p. 20, fig.1; p. 21, fig. 13, lower right.
Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 6, Hong Kong, 2007, no. 1087.

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