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Chinese Large Glass Snuff Bottle Inside Painted Spoon Top with Box, Mid 20th C

About the Item

This is a very good Chinese glass snuff bottle, which is beautifully inside hand painted and with a spoon top, all coming complete with a box and dating to the mid 20th Century, Circa 1940 This is a very good glass bottle which is larger than the normal size and complete with its black spoon top and its original padded & lined box. The bottle is made of a smooth clear glass which has then been well hand painted to its inside with various colored enamels, depicting many figures preparing for battle in an outdoor mountainous setting, with different scenes to each side. It also has hand written calligraphy written vertically down one side on the left hand side front. The painting has been very well executed. Box Size: 5.5 x 5.5 x 2.13 all inches This is a very decorative snuff bottle.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 4.75 in (12.07 cm)Width: 5 in (12.7 cm)Depth: 1.38 in (3.51 cm)
  • Style:
    Qing (In the Style Of)
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  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1940
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. The spoon may have been re-fixed into the black top at some time in its past. Otherwise Very Good Condition with No Damage.
  • Seller Location:
    Lincoln, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: G 4091stDibs: LU990324467432
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