YANGZHOU SCHOOL, 1850-1890

Bottles from this school have recently been re-assessed and can now be designated as Yangzhou School (see H. Moss and S. Sargent, "The World in a Bottle in the World at the End of the Qing Empire. Part 2: Yangzhou Overlay Glass," Journal of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Baltimore, Spring 2011, pp. 22-29.). This distinctive group of glass overlay bottles exhibits finely carved scenes and seal marks through a thin layer of glass to a solid ground tone.