Lot Essay
The poetic inscription can be translated as
"The wind brings fragrant breath
As distant rain passes
Azure tinted light drifts by"
The seal alongside reads gu yue
A similar bottle was sold at Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, June 1, 1977, lot 3, from the collection of E. Lucille Parker. For another bottle which bears comparison see Sotheby's, New York, December 18, 1980, lot 5. This example bears an inscription dated to 1767 on one side and a famille rose landscape scene on the other. The glass is translucent bluish-green
For an opaque white glass bottle, painted with a molded lotus on each side, bearing a Guyuexuan mark and obviously related to this bottle, see Sotheby's, London, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Eric Young, Part II, 13 October 1987, lot 65
For two dark blue glass examples with Guyuexuan marks and painted with famille rose flowers see Hugh Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of the Rt. Hon. The Marquess of Exeter, K. C. M. G., London, 1974, pp. 102-103, E.12, and Christie's, London, The Ko Family Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Part III, June 18, 1973, lot 95
For a clear glass example, now in the Humphrey K. F. Hui collection, see Humphrey K. F. Hui and Christopher C. H. Sin, An Important Qing Tradition, Hong Kong, 1994, p. 142, no. 175
Compare, also, an opaque white glass bottle by Wu Yuchuan, attributed to the Beijing Palace workshops (1760-1799), illustrated by Hugh M. Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, Hong Kong, 1993, pp. 336-338, no. 196; and another blue glass example, Ibid., p. 341, no. 199, with a Guyuexuan mark
"The wind brings fragrant breath
As distant rain passes
Azure tinted light drifts by"
The seal alongside reads gu yue
A similar bottle was sold at Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, June 1, 1977, lot 3, from the collection of E. Lucille Parker. For another bottle which bears comparison see Sotheby's, New York, December 18, 1980, lot 5. This example bears an inscription dated to 1767 on one side and a famille rose landscape scene on the other. The glass is translucent bluish-green
For an opaque white glass bottle, painted with a molded lotus on each side, bearing a Guyuexuan mark and obviously related to this bottle, see Sotheby's, London, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Eric Young, Part II, 13 October 1987, lot 65
For two dark blue glass examples with Guyuexuan marks and painted with famille rose flowers see Hugh Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of the Rt. Hon. The Marquess of Exeter, K. C. M. G., London, 1974, pp. 102-103, E.12, and Christie's, London, The Ko Family Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Part III, June 18, 1973, lot 95
For a clear glass example, now in the Humphrey K. F. Hui collection, see Humphrey K. F. Hui and Christopher C. H. Sin, An Important Qing Tradition, Hong Kong, 1994, p. 142, no. 175
Compare, also, an opaque white glass bottle by Wu Yuchuan, attributed to the Beijing Palace workshops (1760-1799), illustrated by Hugh M. Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, Hong Kong, 1993, pp. 336-338, no. 196; and another blue glass example, Ibid., p. 341, no. 199, with a Guyuexuan mark