A pale green 'quail and millet' glass snuff bottle


18th/19th centurySupported on a slightly splayed foot ring, with a waisted neck, wide mouth, thin flat lip, each narrow side carved with a raised bat flanking circular reserves on the broad sides, one framing two quails, millet, and flowers, the other carved with the phrase 'suisui ping'an' ([May you be] safe and sound year after year); the pale celadon green metal suffused with numerous tiny white specks. 2 1/16in (5.2cm) high
|ProvenanceKing Feng arts Co., Hong Kong, 14 June 1998十八/十九世紀 青綠霏雪地料胎歲歲平安鼻煙壺