A PINK-OVERLAY MILK-WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1770-1860
The bottle is carved through the transparent pink overlay to the opaque white ground with a continuous scene of monkeys, on one side hunting after wasps in the spreading branches of a pine tree growing on one narrow side opposite a peach tree on the other, and on the other main side with a monkey riding a deer being led by another monkey, with a bat above and lingzhi sprouting from the ground.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high, jadeite stopper
A PINK-OVERLAY MILK-WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1770-1860
The bottle is carved through the transparent pink overlay to the opaque white ground with a continuous scene of monkeys, on one side hunting after wasps in the spreading branches of a pine tree growing on one narrow side opposite a peach tree on the other, and on the other main side with a monkey riding a deer being led by another monkey, with a bat above and lingzhi sprouting from the ground.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high, jadeite stopper
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