Lot Essay
For a similar type of bottle, see Christie's, New York, 18 September 1997, lot 267.
For a blue overlay bottle of more rounded shape depicting a bat above the setting sun to one side, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, New York and Tokyo, 1993, vol. II, p. 632, no. 384
For a blue overlay bottle of more rounded shape depicting a bat above the setting sun to one side, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, New York and Tokyo, 1993, vol. II, p. 632, no. 384