Lot Essay
For a bottle of similar type with honey-brown glass see Christie's, New York, December 3, 1992, lot 360
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
AN ENAMELED RICH-MAUVE GLASS BOTTLE
Details
AN ENAMELED RICH-MAUVE GLASS BOTTLE
FAINT IRON-RED GUYUEXUAN MARK, 1780-1850
Of flattened rounded baluster shape, with flattened straight sides, painted in bright and delicate enamels with a kingfisher clutching to bamboo amidst lotus to one side and with butterflies above chrysanthemum to the other, the sides and neck painted with flowerheads and scrolling, minor glaze flakes, stopper
FAINT IRON-RED GUYUEXUAN MARK, 1780-1850
Of flattened rounded baluster shape, with flattened straight sides, painted in bright and delicate enamels with a kingfisher clutching to bamboo amidst lotus to one side and with butterflies above chrysanthemum to the other, the sides and neck painted with flowerheads and scrolling, minor glaze flakes, stopper