A fine white Peking glass snuff bottle in the Guyue Xuan style, decorated on both sides with floral motifs

Description:

China, late Qing Dynasty
H. 6,1 cm
Opaque, milky-white glass with a fine imitation of porcelain. Painted on both sides with enamel colours: an iris flower growing alongside a rock with a butterfly, and a rose branch with blossoms in varying shades of pink. Without stopper.
Formerly from an old German private collection - Signs of age, very minor chipping to the body and mouth