A VIOLET BLUE OVERLAY OPAQUE WHITE GLASS BOTTLE

1770-1830, YANGZHOU SEAL SCHOOL

Details

A VIOLET BLUE OVERLAY OPAQUE WHITE GLASS BOTTLE
1770-1830, Yangzhou Seal School
Of slender tear shape, well-carved with an orchid spray rising from rockwork to each side, stopper
2¾in. (7cm.) high

Provenance

John Ault Collection, Bangkok
Robert Kleiner, London, 1992

Literature

Robert W.L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of John Ault, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 28, no. 44
Rachelle R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World, Hong Kong, 1994, pp. 68-69, no. 21

Lot Essay

A similar bottle with green overlay from the J & J Collection attributed to the Yangzhou School is illustrated in the Loan Exhibition, Catalogue, Christie's, London, October 1987, no. 31.

The orchid and the rock combined embodies the virtues of 'fragrant' and 'strong'. See Marsha Weidner, Views from Jade Terrace, New York, 1988, p. 74, regarding the revered poet Su Shi who wrote 'Spring orchids are like beautiful women, the long swaying leaves of the orchid curve out as if wafting the lovely fragrance of the flower through the air'.

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