A RED OVERLAY 'SNOWSTORM' GLASS BOTTLE

1750-1820

細節

A RED OVERLAY 'SNOWSTORM' GLASS BOTTLE
1750-1820
Of flattened, rounded form, finely carved through the ruby-red overlay with a woman weaving in a hut, a skein of silk hanging above her, the reverse with a farmer and his water buffalo tilling a field, stopper
2 3/8in. (6cm.) high

來源

Gerd Lester Collection, New York.

拍品專文

The combination of a woman weaving and a farmer tilling his field symbolizes peace within the empire.

For two similar red overlays from the same school in The Victoria and Albert Museum, from the 1910 Salting Bequest, see H. White, Snuff Bottles from China, London, 1992, pl. 82, nos. 1 and 2.