SNUFF BOTTLES
PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST PRIVATE COLLECTION
A YANGZHOU SEAL-SCHOOL BLUE-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS BOTTLE
Details
A YANGZHOU SEAL-SCHOOL BLUE-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS BOTTLE
SIGNED ER RU, CIRCA 1850-1900
Carved through the pale aubergine-blue overlay on one side with a fisherman near rockwork below a winter willow and a two-line inscription which includes the signature, the reverse with an unusual archaic-style inscription in the form of a circle, and with lion-mask fixed-ring handles on the narrow sides, stopper
SIGNED ER RU, CIRCA 1850-1900
Carved through the pale aubergine-blue overlay on one side with a fisherman near rockwork below a winter willow and a two-line inscription which includes the signature, the reverse with an unusual archaic-style inscription in the form of a circle, and with lion-mask fixed-ring handles on the narrow sides, stopper
Provenance
Arthur Lovelace Collection