A RED-OVERLAY MILKY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

BEIJING, 1770-1850

Details

A RED-OVERLAY MILKY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
BEIJING, 1770-1850
The flattened ovoid bottle is carved through the semi-transparent ruby- red overlay to the bubble-suffused milky white ground with birds perched on flowering chrysanthemum branches growing amidst pierced rockwork.
2½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, glass stopper

Provenance

Collection of Arthur Loveless.
Kardos Collection; Sotheby's New York, 1 July 1985, lot 27.
Collection of Janos Szekeres (Part II); Sotheby's New York, 5 June 1987, lot. 70.

Lot Essay

Crisply carved with bold chrysanthemum blooms, this bottle is part of a mid-Qing group probably produced in Beijing for the Court, but not necesarily exclusively. The bottles vary slightly in size and shape and display a range of bird and flower designs. A related bottle from the Meriem Collection, carved with lotus plants and birds, was sold in these rooms, 19 September 2007, lot 636.

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