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Lot Essay
Typical of Imperial glass from the mid-Qianlong period, complete with the favorite Palace subject of chilong (a snub-nosed dragon with bifurcated tail), introduced here is the concept of a plantain-leaf neck band, which became a standard feature of late-Qianlong multiple overlays for the Court.
Plantain (bajiao) leaves mean 'to welcome in' (zhao), in the sense of anticipating something favorable. A red glass bottle with similar band of overlapping pendent plantain leaves, at the neck also attributed to the Beijing Palace Workshops, is illustrated in Chinese Snuff Bottles: A Miniature Art from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong, 1994, p. 131, no. 76.
Plantain (bajiao) leaves mean 'to welcome in' (zhao), in the sense of anticipating something favorable. A red glass bottle with similar band of overlapping pendent plantain leaves, at the neck also attributed to the Beijing Palace Workshops, is illustrated in Chinese Snuff Bottles: A Miniature Art from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong, 1994, p. 131, no. 76.