Peking Glass Snuff Bottle with Dragons

Golden amber colored opalescent and translucent Peking glass snuff bottle with multicolored overlays carved into a motif of four Chilong (hornless dragons), and a coral stopper with spoon. Similar to the process of making Western cameo glass, this snuff bottle was created adding four colors of glass to the glass blower’s bottle form. The layers were then carved away revealing the bas-relief motif