A VERY RARE AND FINELY CARVED BLUE OVERLAY WHITE GLASS BOTTLE

This is an unusually fine example of a group of Palace glass overlays produced during the Qianlong period, many of which have wheel-cut reign marks. See, for instance, Chang Lin-sheng, Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, nos. 280 - 291, all with marks, and R. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, London, 1995, no. 86, and back cover illustration. See footnote to lot 41 for the meaning of the subject.