Lot Essay
This is one of a group of glass overlays produced, probably at or for the Court, during the mid-Qianlong period. They are often carved with windswept subjects, and always dynamic.
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1750-1810
Details
A RED OVERLAY WHITE GLASS BOTTLE
1750-1810
Of flattened, rounded form, delicately carved through the ruby-red overlay to the milky-white ground with two butterflies flying amongst fruiting pea pods borne on leafy stems, stopper
2 3/8in. (6cm.) high
1750-1810
Of flattened, rounded form, delicately carved through the ruby-red overlay to the milky-white ground with two butterflies flying amongst fruiting pea pods borne on leafy stems, stopper
2 3/8in. (6cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, The Paula Hallet Collection, 27 June 1986, lot 19.
Exhibited
Chinese Snuff Bottles, Taipei Gallery, New York, October 1993, p. 5.