A Violet-Blue Overlay Opaque White Glass Bottle

1750-1850

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A Violet-Blue Overlay Opaque White Glass Bottle
1750-1850
Of baluster shape, carved through the overlay with a continuous scene of fish amidst lotus, a neat band of waves above the foot, stopper
2.3/8in. (6cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a bottle of similar type carved with meandering flowers and foliage attributed to the Beijing Palace Workshops, see Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, London, 1995, Catalogue, p. 239, no. 156.

See, also, another carved though a red and blue overlay with similar fish amidst lotus, Christie's, New York, 25 March 1998, lot 311

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