拍品專文
This spectacular bottle belongs to a small group of similar bottles characterised by striking combinations of colours and delightful and fluent designs.
Other examples of this group are illustrated by R. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles. A Miniature Art from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, no. 118, and by B. C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, no. 252. See, also, two other bottles of this type sold at Sotheby's, New York, 22 November 1988, lot 182 and 26 November 1991, lot 138, an unusual white on pink which is now also in the Bloch Collection.
Other examples of this group are illustrated by R. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles. A Miniature Art from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, no. 118, and by B. C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, no. 252. See, also, two other bottles of this type sold at Sotheby's, New York, 22 November 1988, lot 182 and 26 November 1991, lot 138, an unusual white on pink which is now also in the Bloch Collection.