AN ENAMELED OPAQUE WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

IMPERIAL, YANGZHOU, 1775-1799

Details

AN ENAMELED OPAQUE WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, YANGZHOU, 1775-1799
The tapering vase-shaped body is enameled around the sides with a scholar's rock, various 'antiques', a ruyi scepter, and a finger citron, all below a yellow ruyi and pendent bead border at the neck.
2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, amethyst stopper with plastic finial

Provenance

Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1997.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2537.

Lot Essay

The subject of `antiques’ is somewhat unusual for Yangzhou painted glass snuff bottles; flora and fauna themes are more commonly found. For another unusual Yangzhou painted glass example also decorated with `antiques’ and with a Gu yue xuan mark, see R. Kleiner, The Nordic Butterfly Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Hong Kong, 2010, Part II, p. 140, no. 341.

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