A yellow glass 'birds and prunus' snuff bottle, 19th /20th century
Estimate $3,000 – $4,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
the flattened ovoid body carved with pairs of song birds perched among the branches of blossoming prunus trees growing from rockwork around the base, the glass of rich egg-yolk yellow tone, the base incised with a four-character mark reading yun zai cao tang, stopper
6.3 cm high
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