An embellished yellow glass snuff bottle


18th century, with 20th century embellishment by the Tsuda family, Kyoto, JapanThe well-formed bottle rising to a waisted neck, with a flat lip, and concave foot, both main sides decorated with applied stones, carved and painted in lacquer, gilt and color, one depicting a riverscape with a pavilion on the bank hidden between rocks, and a slender tree towering behind a rock formation, the reverse displaying a scholar in conversation with his attendant under floating cloud wisp.2 5/8in (6.7cm) high
|十八世紀 黃料鼻煙壺 二十世紀 日本津田家族後嵌飾山水人物圖Provenance:A Private Virginia Collection