A GROUP OF TEN RED AND SNOWFLAKE GLASS BOTTLES

QING DYNASTY (19TH CENTURY)

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A GROUP OF TEN RED AND SNOWFLAKE GLASS BOTTLES
QING DYNASTY (19TH CENTURY)
THE FIRST OF ROUNDED RECTANGULAR FORM, AND CARVED WITH STYLIZED DRAGONS, THE SHOULDERS WITH MASKS AND FAUX RINGS; A FLATTENED OVOID BOTTLE CARVED WITH BATS AMIDST CLOUD SCROLLS AND A RIBBON-TIED WAN CHARACTER; A CIRCULAR BOTTLE CARVED WITH SCHOLARS' OBJECTS; AN OVOID BOTTLE CARVED WITH FLOWERING LOTUS; A FLATTENED CIRCULAR BOTTLE CARVED WITH A TOAD AND SCORPION AMIDST ROCKERY AND LEAFY BRANCHES; AN OVOID BOTTLE, CARVED ON ONE SIDE WITH A FLOWERING PEONY SPRAY AND THE REVERSE CARVED WITH FLOWERING CHRYSANTHEMUM; ANOTHER OVOID EXAMPLE CARVED WITH A CENSER AND AN ARCHAISTIC BELL FLANKED BY QILONG, THE SHOULDERS CARVED WITH CHAINS; AN OVOID BOTTLE CARVED WITH CONFRONTING QILONG, THE SHOULDERS CARVED WITH BATS; A BOTTLE OF TAPERED RECTANGULAR SHAPE, CARVE WITH BUDDHISTIC LIONS, THE SHOULDERS WITH MASKS AND FAUX RINGS; AND A CIRCULAR BOTTLE, CARVED ON EACH SIDE WITH A SINGLE QILONG, THE SHOULDERS CARVED WITH MASKS AND FAUX RINGS (10)

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