Lot Essay
The inscription on the sides may be translated as 'Fish bought next to the boat are especially fresh', and 'Wine brought across snow is even more fragrant'.
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EARLY 19TH CENTURY, YANGZHOU SCHOOL
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a brown glass overlay opaque white glass bottle
Early 19th Century, Yangzhou School
Of rounded rectangular shape, carved through a layer of orange-brown glass to the opaque white ground with a traveller on mule-back followed by a walking attendant crossing a bridge, the reverse with afisherman offering his catch to a gentleman seated on a pier below a willow tree
2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high
Early 19th Century, Yangzhou School
Of rounded rectangular shape, carved through a layer of orange-brown glass to the opaque white ground with a traveller on mule-back followed by a walking attendant crossing a bridge, the reverse with afisherman offering his catch to a gentleman seated on a pier below a willow tree
2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high
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