Lot Essay
The inscription may be translated, 'Every year more wealth'
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A RED OVERLAY TRANSPARENT GLASS BOTTLE 1800-1900
Of flattened rounded shape, carved in low relief on each side with a carp rising from a lotus pond, with splashing waves, fronds and lotus, the clear glass unusually incised with an overall wave pattern, the pseudo handles formed by an identical four-character inscription, nian nian you yu, on each shoulder
2in. (5cm.) high, stopper
Of flattened rounded shape, carved in low relief on each side with a carp rising from a lotus pond, with splashing waves, fronds and lotus, the clear glass unusually incised with an overall wave pattern, the pseudo handles formed by an identical four-character inscription, nian nian you yu, on each shoulder
2in. (5cm.) high, stopper