A FINELY CARVED RED GLASS DOUBLE-GOURD-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE

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A FINELY CARVED RED GLASS DOUBLE-GOURD-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

The well-hollowed bottle of slightly compressed double-gourd form, carved in low relief around the body with a continuous design of nine double gourds borne on overlapping leafy vine branches emanating from the rim
2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) high,, gilt bronze stopper, box

Provenance

Puchased by the current owner from Adele de Havilland Fine Arts, New Bond St. Galleries, London in 1977

Lot Essay

The high quality of workmanship on this bottle would indicate that it is almost certainly a product of the Palace Workshops in Beijing.

Gourds represent fertility and ample progeny, given the number of fruits that grow from a single vine each season.

For another bottle of this popular form, compare a blue overlay white glass example sold in our New York Rooms, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the J & J Collection part IV, 22 March 2007, lot 26.

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