AN OVERLAY SNUFF BOTTLE 1740 1800Four different colors of overlay in high relief with neatly incised details. The extremely wide opening suggests a dating to the first half of the 18th century. Flattened pear-shape.Provenance: Hungarian private collection. Old collector label ‘88’ to base.Condition: Perfect condition.Stopper: Glass in imitation of tourmaline. Green glass collar. Small spoon.Weight: 64.3 cm.Dimensions: Height including stopper 83 mm. Diameter neck 14 mm and mouth 10 mm.The bottle is carved through the opaque black and lemon-yellow overlay as well as the transparent amber and ruby-red overlay to the translucent bubble-suffused ground with four sinuous chilong, their heads turned back to form an oval shape with their bodies and tails. The green chilong have black streaks running through the head and the body. The foot is formed indepently of amber-colored overlay.1740-1800套料鼻烟壺 四種不同色套料，高浮雕，細節精緻。機寬的開口可推測為十八世紀前半葉。扁平梨形。來源：匈牙利私人收藏，底部老收藏標簽"88"品相：品相完美瓶蓋：仿碧璽玻璃，綠玻璃片，小杓重量：64.3 克尺寸：含蓋總高83 毫米；頸部直徑14 毫米；嘴 10 毫米