Lot Essay
This bottle fits well into a group of molded and enameled opaque white glass bottles attributed to the palace workshops. These are well published. For a number of examples see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J and J Collection, Hong Kong, 1993, pp. 348-351, nos. 202-204
For another molded example with a single quail on each side, see Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles, Catalogue, Hong Kong, 1987, pp. 101-102, no. 50. For another example with two quail on one side and a pheasant on the other see Hugh Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of the Rt. Hon. The Marquis of Exeter, K.C.M.G., London and Bradford, 1974, p. 100, no. E. 1
For another molded example with a single quail on each side, see Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles, Catalogue, Hong Kong, 1987, pp. 101-102, no. 50. For another example with two quail on one side and a pheasant on the other see Hugh Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of the Rt. Hon. The Marquis of Exeter, K.C.M.G., London and Bradford, 1974, p. 100, no. E. 1