G5 A White swirls glass snuff bottle imitating Aragonite

Description

Description:  Chinese glass snuff bottle made with swirls of different white tones, in order to imitate Aragonite mineral.

Foot/base:  Low prominent foot and low convex base.

Mark:  No marks

Dating:  18^th / 19^th century

Material:  Glass.

Size:  65 mm high

Stopper:  Glass imitating green jade, with metal ring and bone spoon.

Provenance:  Ex Carlo Cottarelli Collection, Milano, Italy. Bought directly from him.

References:  See in the last picture a similar bottle from the Bloch collection, sold by Sotheby’s

Notes:  About Carlo Cottarelli collection, see bottle C2 in the Ceramics section.