A SEAL-SCHOOL TWO-COLOR-OVERLAY OPAQUE-YELLOW-GROUND GLASS BOTTLE

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A SEAL-SCHOOL TWO-COLOR-OVERLAY OPAQUE-YELLOW-GROUND GLASS BOTTLE
YANGZHOU, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURYS

OF ROUNDED RECTANGULAR SHAPE, CARVED ON ONE SIDE WITH LIUHAI AND HIS MYTHICAL TOAD, AND ON THE OTHER WITH A CAT ON ROCKWORK WATCHING BUTTERFLIES AND A SEAL, JI XIANG (FORTUNE), DIVIDING SIMPLE RING HANDLES, STOPPER

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ALBERT PYKE COLLECTION, LOS ANGELES

Lot Essay

FOR ANOTHER YANGZHOU SEAL SCHOOL BOTTLE DEPICTING A CAT WATCHING BUTTERFLIES SEE ROBERT W. L. KLEINER, CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARY AND GEORGE BLOCH, P. 92, FIG. 129. FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THE REBUS SEE FOOTNOTE TO LOT 178