Lot Essay
Five bats (wufu) represent the Five Blessings: longevity, wealth, health, love of virtue and a peaceful death.
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PROBABLY IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1740-1770
Details
A VERY FINE RED OVERLAY GLASS BOTTLE
Probably Imperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1740-1770
Of flattened, rounded form, very finely carved through the ruby-red overlay to the milky-white ground on either side with a shou (longevity) character surrounded by five bats (wufu), all within a vaporous circular border, the narrow sides carved with masks and fixed-ring handles, stopper
2 3/16in. (5.5cm.) high
Probably Imperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1740-1770
Of flattened, rounded form, very finely carved through the ruby-red overlay to the milky-white ground on either side with a shou (longevity) character surrounded by five bats (wufu), all within a vaporous circular border, the narrow sides carved with masks and fixed-ring handles, stopper
2 3/16in. (5.5cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 22 November 1988, lot 181.