1736-1800, Qianlong period, Qing dynasty. Attributed to the Imperial Glassworks, Beijing, the snuff bottle with a flat lip and oval foot ring in caramel brown glass suffused with shimmering crystalline copper iridescence. One side covered in iridescent green overlay carved to depict two fu lion-dogs and a bat next to a pine tree. With translucent apple green glass stopper. Provenance: Bonham's Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Art including Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection, May 25, 2011, lot 362. Similar Illustrated: H. Moss, V. Graham and K.B. Tsang, A Treasury of Snuff Bottles. The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol 5, Hong Kong, 2002, pg. 236, pl. 766. With stopper approx. 3 by 2 1/8 in., 7.6 by 5.5 cm.

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