A PALE GREEN OVERLAY PALE AMBER DOUBLE-GOURD GLASS BOTTLE

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A PALE GREEN OVERLAY PALE AMBER DOUBLE-GOURD GLASS BOTTLE
18TH CENTURY

Carved through the pale green overlay to a very pale yellow ground formed from a transparent glass with light amber and cream swirling, with an overall design of meandering gourd tendrils, foliage and gourds, minor inclusions and air bubbles in the glass
2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) high, stopper

Lot Essay

For a discussion of overlay bottles of this distinctive type, which are characterized by a lack of distinction between the overlay and the bubble-suffused ground, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, vol. II, Hong Kong, 1993, p. 629, no. 382. For another, with blue overlay on an amber ground, see Christie's, London, The Ko Family Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Part II, June 12, 1992, lot 65; and for another, perhaps less fine, example, see Parke Bernet Galleries, Inc., Fine Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mrs. Emily A. Claar, Part Two, February 20, 1970, lot 179