Lot Essay
The inscription to one side (illustrated in Claar sale catalogue) reads Hai Guan Zhen Cang, which can be translated as 'Collected by Hai Guan'. The seal reads Guan (last name)
Details
A FINE SEAL-SCHOOL MULTI-COLOR OVERLAY BOTTLE
YANGZHOU, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Of pear shape, carved through an overlay of red, yellow, green, purple, amber, aubergine and blue with two cockerels, a flower spray and insects on one side, a cabbage, flower spray, a cat or squirrel and other insects on the other, a four-character inscription on one side and a seal mark on the other, minute chips, stopper
YANGZHOU, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Of pear shape, carved through an overlay of red, yellow, green, purple, amber, aubergine and blue with two cockerels, a flower spray and insects on one side, a cabbage, flower spray, a cat or squirrel and other insects on the other, a four-character inscription on one side and a seal mark on the other, minute chips, stopper
Provenance
Mrs. Elmer A. Claar, Chicago
Sold Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, May 12, 1970 (Part Three), lot 412
Sold Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, May 12, 1970 (Part Three), lot 412