YANGZHOU SCHOOL, 1850-1890

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A RED-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
YANGZHOU SCHOOL, 1850-1890
Of flattened, rounded form and raised on an oval foot, the bottle is finely carved through the opaque, red overlay with an immortal riding a crane in flight on one side, and a bird perched on a flowering branch on the reverse. An oval seal on one side reads yan nian ('prolonged life'), and the horizontal inscription on the reverse reads yi jie mei shou ('best wishes for longevity').
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high, glass stopper

Provenance

Marjorie Dillon Lonsdale (1920-2005) Collection, Sarasota, Florida.

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Lot Essay

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.

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