AN OPAQUE WHITE GLASS BOTTLE

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AN OPAQUE WHITE GLASS BOTTLE
18TH/19TH CENTURY

Of flattened rounded shape, and carved in relief in a continuous scene around the body with pine, prunus and other flowers rising from rockwork, footring chips, stopper

Lot Essay

For a similar bottle see Robert W. L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, p. 65, fig. 84 where the author states that the style and depth of carving and the color tone of the glass relate closely to a group of well-known enameled glass bottles, and that this type of plain opaque white glass could well have been intended for enameling