Lot Essay
Compare to the bottle of similar shape, carved with ruby-pink chi dragons on a white glass body, sold in these rooms, 16-17 September, lot 1181.
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IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1740-1800
Details
A VERY FINELY CARVED RED-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1740-1800
The bulbous ovoid bottle is finely carved through the pale ruby-pink overlay to the opaque white ground with a continuous design of scholar's articles including a qin, an album, a tripod censer, a bowl containing a large finger citron, a weiqi board, scrolls, and a large vase with a ruyi scepter.
2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm.) high, coral stopper
IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1740-1800
The bulbous ovoid bottle is finely carved through the pale ruby-pink overlay to the opaque white ground with a continuous design of scholar's articles including a qin, an album, a tripod censer, a bowl containing a large finger citron, a weiqi board, scrolls, and a large vase with a ruyi scepter.
2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm.) high, coral stopper
Provenance
Hugh Moss, Hong Kong, 1984.
Literature
Journal of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Baltimore, Winter 1997, front cover.
Exhibited
Taipei Gallery, New York, Chinese Snuff Bottles, 1-29 October 1993, p. 5.
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