PROBABLY IMPERIAL, 1760-1790

细节

**A RARE TWO-COLOR OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, 1760-1790
Of compressed spherical form with a cylindrical neck, finely carved through the layers of emerald green and pink to the bubble-suffused 'snowstorm' ground, each main side with a pink bi disc decorated in relief with green raised bosses alternating with 'C' scrolls, the narrow sides with chilong handles below addorsed bats, the neck encircled by a chilong, the foot carved as another, the latter three carved only in the lower layer of pink, glass stopper with silver collar
2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high

来源

Galia Baylin Collection, Hong Kong
Sotheby's New York, 3 October 1980, lot 20
Christie's New York, 23 March 1995, lot 11
Christie's New York, 21 September 1995, lot 348

出版

Bob C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, no. 232

展览

Christie's, Los Angeles 2003

注意事项

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

拍品专文

Double overlays of this type appear to have become popular at the Court during the second half of the Qianlong period. For other examples, and a discussion on their provenance and dating, see Moss et. al., A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, vol. 5, Glass, nos. 1000-6. Apart from the style of overlay, the subject matter here is also typical of Courtly production from the mid-Qing period, with its archaistic subject and its chi and kui dragons, although the rather dull, dense nature of the snowstorm ground may indicate a date from the very early nineteenth century rather than the late Qianlong period. The bi-disc with its 'C' scrolls was also typical of Courtly design, derived from Qianlong Emperor's massive collection of ancient artifacts and his need to establish his foreign rule as rooted in an ancient Chinese past. For a Qianlong-marked glass bottle of similar design, still in the Imperial Collection, see Chang Lin-sheng, Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, no. 284.