A CARVED 'IMITATION CORAL' GLASS BOTTLE

1770-1880

细节

A CARVED 'IMITATION CORAL' GLASS BOTTLE
1770-1880
Of squat bulbous form, boldly carved in relief with sinuous chilong, the glass of brilliant pinkish-red color with graining and pitting imitating coral, stopper
1¾in. (4.5cm.) high

来源

Sotheby's, Los Angeles, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Alice B. McReynolds, Part II, 31 October 1984, lot 23.

展览

Chinese Snuff Bottles, Taipei Gallery, New York, October 1993.

拍品专文

Glass copying coral is surprisingly rare in snuff bottles, with most examples dating from the late Qing dynasty or the Republican period and of poor quality, apparently made to deceive foreign collectors. This is an earlier, and particularly good example.