Lot Essay
A bottle with similar decoration is illustrated by Robert Hall in The The Maxwell Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, New York, 2013, no. 84, pp. 44-45.
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YANGZHOU SCHOOL, 1840-1890
Details
A FIVE-COLOR OVERLAY GLASS HEXAGONAL SNUFF BOTTLE
YANGZHOU SCHOOL, 1840-1890
The bottle of tapering form has six subtle rectangular panels and is decorated with a continuous scene of chickens and chicks, a flowering chrysanthemum and begonia plant, a crane in flight, a crescent moon and insects, all on a ground of translucent milky-white glass, with an oval cartouche above the foot reading zheng ke ('just right') in red glass overlay.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, tourmaline stopper
YANGZHOU SCHOOL, 1840-1890
The bottle of tapering form has six subtle rectangular panels and is decorated with a continuous scene of chickens and chicks, a flowering chrysanthemum and begonia plant, a crane in flight, a crescent moon and insects, all on a ground of translucent milky-white glass, with an oval cartouche above the foot reading zheng ke ('just right') in red glass overlay.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, tourmaline stopper
Provenance
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 6002.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Brought to you by
Margaret Gristina (葛曼琪)
Senior Specialist, VP