PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF KIM GREEN AN ENGRAVED BLACK GLASS SNUFF BOTTLEQing dynasty, 19th century Of flattened, pear shape with shoulders sloping to a cylindrical neck with slightly everted mouth and with a neatly carved oval footrim, the narrow sides with mock mask-and-ring handles, one main side engraved using the 'iron-brush' technique with flowers and rocks, the reverse with a poem reading yiyue yihui kaibuliao, runnian kaiguo shisan hui (The flowers did not open once in a month; but in the leap year they already opened thirteen times); followed by a signature reading Yingbo zuo ; stopper. 2 1/2in (6.3cm) high 清 十九世紀 《英波作》行書陰文刻款 黑地料胎刻花石詩文帶舗首銜環鼻煙壺 Provenance: Sloan's Auction Galleries, MA, July 23th, 2000 Kim Green (1958-2017) Collection, no. 62 來源： Sloan's Auction Galleries拍賣行，馬薩諸塞州，2000年7月23日 Kim Green (1958-2017)舊藏，藏品編號62