A Pea-Green Overlay Opaque White Glass Bottle

1770-1830

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A Pea-Green Overlay Opaque White Glass Bottle
1770-1830
Of flattened pear shape with delicately flaring neck, carved through the green overlay to the opaque white glass with a coiling chilong to one side and a phoenix (fenghuang) to the other, no stopper
2.3/8in. (6.2cm.) high

Lot Essay

The dragon and the phoenix are the two most Imperial symbols in Chinese art, representing as they do the Emperor and Empress. The motif of dragon and phoenix was also auspicious, creating a rebus, Longfeng Chengxiang

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